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They say the faculty members who sit on the CRR--many of whom are tenured--can resist administration pressure to crack down on students...
...worked so well at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, organized by Ueberroth (whose name in German means "above red," not to mention "in the black"), that Harvard also decides to sell corporate sponsorships for 1986 Class Day at $4 million a crack. Plastered all over campus are signs reading: "TransAmerica: The Official Conglomerate of Harvard's Class of 1986;" "Union Carbide is a Proud Backer of the Crimson's Finest;" and "Skoal Long-Cut: The Official Cheek and Gum Carcinogen of 1986 Class...
Anticipation--and a bit of morbid curiosity on both sides as to which pitcher would crack first...
Moyers and Will recently commiserated with each other on their long absences from the news broadcasts. They do not feel "particularly aggrieved," Will reports, but do feel frustrated. Perhaps more so in Moyers' case. He thinks last year "I fell into a crack" at CBS; his commentary was used more sparingly, and some of the people "on a lower level" on the CBS Evening News were happy to have more time for news items. To Moyers, this is a mistake. Instead of one more snippet of news, he believes, the public wants some attempts to explain and clarify events. That...
...sandwiched between hours in the Law Library and reading up on torts in my room, I can schedule search and destroy sessions in which I'll telephone, write to, visit or similarly network all the eligible males of my acquaintance in the hope that one of them will finally crack. Actually, things might not be as black as they seem; after all, I hear that Dr. Bennet is still single, and mother always did want me to marry a professional...