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Now that President Derek C. Bok and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence have resigned from the top two posts of the University, a collective confusion has settled in the streets of Cambridge. Will the $2 billion fund drive move forward on schedule? What will happen to tenure reform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Blueprint for Harvard's Future | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Pauley keeps a tight lid on details of her family life, partly for security reasons, partly because of a determination to shield her children from the public spotlight. But there is another, more philosophical consideration. "To the degree that your family becomes part of your image," she says, "it becomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JANE PAULEY: Surviving Nicely, Thanks | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

In order for an audience to appreciate a parody, they need to be familiar with the subject being ridiculed; in the case of The Freshman this is a doubled-edged sword. No one who has seen The Godfather will, without great difficulty, be able to successfully separate Brando's characterization...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Mafioso Brando Tramples Quirky Comedy | 8/3/1990 | See Source »

But Brennan admits that he stumbled in his effort to define obscenity. One of his earliest opinions, in 1957, said an expression was not protected by the First Amendment if "to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Right Turn Ahead? | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

The Sandinistas seemed disinclined to push their protest as far as full- scale revolt. Nevertheless, Chamorro acted wisely to bring a swift halt to the unrest. As the rapid acceleration of violence showed, militants of all political stripes are eager to use any pretext to bash former foes. At the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Caught Between Extremes | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

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