Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficulties raised by the mailing, which The Crimson revealed last fall, aroused representatives of Harvard's libraries, who feared that invalid cards would be used to remove books fraudulently. In his appeal document, Brown-Beasley wrote, "As an irreligious (negligent, careless, indifferent, lax) person as far as the bulk of your responsibilities in Fiscal Services goes, you've most likely never asked anyone at the libraries just what that particular irreligiosity...is going to cost us, but I did ask. And do you know what I was told? It will be years before the full impact can be assessed...
...traditional Boston-Washington axis in this year's presidential campaign consequently doesn't appear to be ruffling too many feathers at Harvard. What does concern many of Carter's hundreds of newfound advisors, however, is that their massive output may not receive adequate attention, by dint of its sheer bulk...
Nonetheless, followers of the two men made up the bulk of last week's convention. The groups did not see eye to eye on every issue. Reagan backers favored a more aggressive anti-Communist foreign policy, advocating a strong American reaction against incidents like the killing of two U.S. soldiers by North Koreans. Wallace "populists" tended to isolationism. According to A.I.P. National Chairman William K. Shearer, "There wouldn't be anybody there to get killed in the first place...
Some of the obvious blunders--muffed lines, missed cures, over-anticipated dialogue--can be attributed to opening night nervousness, but it appears that in the pacing of the play, Thompson again is seeking an inappropriate mood. Miller provides some fine telling moments which are worthy of pauses, but the bulk of the play must be quick-paced. The dialogue is, after all, essentially locker room banter; under Thompson's direction it is transmuted into nervous chatter at a dull cocktail party...
Furthermore, Saint Laurent's stiff, billowing materials-though more flattering than the currently fashionable figure-revealing knit fabrics-threaten to engulf the small and puff up the large woman. The extravagant ornamentation and expensive bulk will have to be pared away by the manufacturers who will make unauthorized, mass-produced copies. But, as New York Designer Diane von Furstenberg noted, "Duplicated, it will look cheap...