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...turned away—Justice could be simulcasted to other lecture halls. The class could still retain its in-class participatory component by locating microphones in those rooms as well. Alternatively, tapes of Justice lectures could simply be made available after every class. The concern that routine taping would dampen participation should not be taken seriously. It is a bitter irony that students taking the course through the Harvard Extension School are virtually guaranteed space in the course because they are able to watch the lectures on video. Participation in a class of 1,000 is already a relative term...
...Because of his persuasion, Powers, who had been born in Uxbridge, thirty-six miles from Fenway, was shunned and ridiculed by his colleagues. As Aeschylus knew, exile doesn?t dampen the inner flames, it fans them. Powers walked about Manhattan subsisting on his unreasonable dreams of hope, becoming leaner but prouder and more defiant. Such people are dangerous, and by 1965 Powers was poised to commit a desperate...
...commission turned around and bit its creator. The Commission on Organized Crime noted that the Reagan Administration had "contacts" with one corrupt union, the Teamsters, and its president, Jackie Presser. The report warned that such sociability with a tainted union "can lead to an erosion of public confidence and dampen the desire to end racketeering...
...their economies through a fourth year of sustained growth, the industrialized countries are showing a capacity for cooperation unmatched in recent years. Looking ahead to the three-day conclave in Tokyo's imposing Akasaka Palace, the imperial guesthouse, officials from all participating countries caution that ugly problems could still dampen the summit mood. Among other things, the leaders will be preoccupied with their differing responses to international terrorism in the wake of the U.S. attack on Libya. Nonetheless, a French official predicted that "overall, it could be an exceptionally optimistic and harmonious meeting...
...runners for all but two miles, finishing at 2:07:51 and breaking the old Boston record by a full minute. The athletes were apparently not the only ones spurred on by the lure of loot. Some half a million spectators refused to let the gray, humid weather dampen their spirits. "The crowd support on this course, in this race, is something I've never experienced before anywhere in the world," said De Castella. "It's unbelievable...