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Faludi's book has set off firecrackers across the political battlefield. Conservatives applaud her when she exposes the intellectual laziness of the mainstream press; liberals cheer when she exposes the hypocrisy of conservatives who put their own children in day care so they can travel around the country telling women to be homemakers. And the press loves covering itself and hearing about its power. Columnist John McLaughlin, no special friend of the women's movement, called Faludi "the best thinker of the year," and the National Book Critics Circle just handed her its prize for nonfiction...
TIME's multinational staff can never agree on which country to cheer for in the Olympics, but we are unanimous in supporting one particular team: our own. For the past several weeks, this 20-member unit coped admirably with some hair-raising logistics. Just getting from one far-flung venue to another along traffic-clogged roads was a nightmare; men's Alpine skiing, for example, was held mostly in Val d'Isere, while women's was in Meribel, two hours away...
HARVARD GETS TO CHEER for many famous alumni in the public eye. Paul E. Wylie '91, who won the silver medal in men's figure skating last week, is one of them. Presidents, authors, musicians, philosophers, doctors and lawyers abound. But students don't often get to cheer our alma mater to the gold--or close to the gold...
While we don't want to detract from the merits of intellectual pursuits, we'd like to cheer for Harvard sports stars in the Olympics more often. Maybe Harvard Dining Services should order more Wheaties...
This is a powder keg of momentous proportions. In Quincy House, where the cheer and devotion of the dining hall staff already draw eager luncheoners from afar, and where the puny eating space barely accommodates the residents of this, the largest undergraduate house, we look upon your new restrictions as, frankly, almost a declaration of war. I am sure the inhabitants of Lowell share our peril...