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Santa Fe (pop. 50,000) has become an even more sophisticated haven than in the early decades of the century, when D.H. Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe and other writers and artists settled in its environs. They were outsiders, and Santa Fe has since become, with some disgruntlement, a city...
She notes, however, that in some ways her new quarters will be as primitive as the cultures she will study as a doctoral candidate in anthropology. "The food is supposed to be terrible," she says, "and you have to go outside to go to the bathroom."
By then, of course, another retrograde idea was dusted off and heralded as the next great undergraduate breakthrough--and in 1975, 30 years after Conant's committee had prepared the Red Book, the Core was formulated. When Dean Rosovsky's committee came to the conclusion that Gen Ed had degenerated...
Speaking at a seminar at the Center for International Affairs, the 72-year-old religious leader said that exploitation by the superpowers and multinational corporations includes a "convenient" alliance with the rich who live in developing countries. "It's a very curious manner of help--our cultures are being crushed...
Throughout its brief history, Israel has beckoned the sturdy and inspired the strong with the prospect of a great horizon. But in the day-to-day struggle for security, that horizon has remained largely unfocused. Political Scientist Hertzel Fishman, considering this, observes that Israel must now forge "a national character...