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...occasional aria. Notable among these is Dopey (David Frisch), a heroin addict who steps out of the diner and into the audience to explain the psychological motivations of other characters. There is also a chorus of drunks and junkies who offer a street rap about their lives, which consist mainly of waiting for the next drink or the next nickel...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Sleaze On Down the Road | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...Life does not consist of only one role. Most people have different roles and obligations. I don't think it [becoming a Corporation member] has changed my life very much, I know myself first and foremost as a Harvard professor; it's always been my primary identity," he says, adding, "I now feel that some years ago I was given another opportunity and obligation...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: The Student and Faculty Voice | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Ordinary conductivity, the measure of a material's ability to transmit electrical current, is determined by events that take place at the atomic level. Atoms consist of a tiny dense nucleus that contains positively charged protons and chargeless neutrons. Around the nucleus whirl the negatively charged electrons, residing in shells with shapes determined by the electrons' energy levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Superconductors! | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Usually I'm disappointed, though. The day-to-day stuff seems to consist mainly of premeds discussing problem 3 on the hourly they just got out of, or maybe a brief encounter or two downstairs in the men's room. There was that one time when radioactive gas escaped from the Chem lab and wiped out an entire section of freshman Math students, of course. But I didn't feel that would be an appropriate subject for a humor piece. Math and comedy just...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Taking the Town | 4/18/1987 | See Source »

Presuming the Judicial Board decides to hear the student's case, eight voting members must be present to conduct business. As the body consist of 12 voting members--half students and half faculty--it cannot meet unless two students consent to serve on it. On the CRR, faculty members held a majority of the voting delegates and therefore it could meet without students...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: How the New Body Works | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

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