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Those not inclined to mathematical pursuits may find the rear-ranged figure cumbersome to decipher. But the benefits of Hammer's innovative and foresighted solution would far outweigh the potential confusion. The new combination would prevent the wide-spread proliferation of documents unwittingly displaying a call to destruction all over...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Number Our Days | 10/27/1982 | See Source »

Anxiety about strange living conditions, confusion about administrative and geographic landscape, inability to decipher course catalogue, awkwardness of long-distance calls with hometown sweetheart, hopeless infatuation with face in Union, frustration at lack of infatuating faces, difficulty balancing need to sleep with need to attend classes, rage at Expos teacher...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Why Harvard Freshmen Keep Getting the Blues | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

In history as in popular art, the general taste runs to horror shows rather than tragedy. How else explain the enduring fascination with Hitler's Germany and the continuing lack of interest in Stalin's Soviet Union? In the atrocity sweepstakes, Hitler runs a distant second to Stalin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Grave Diggers of 1933-45 | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

Silences are Lachow's strong point, the currency which proves this is no amateur mess of enigma but a clearly thought out puzzle to decipher. The gaps in a script which at times seem one big gap do not interfere with the production's authoritative, screne flow towards a goal...

Author: By Amy E. Schwarnz, | Title: Space Odyssey | 5/6/1982 | See Source »

One cannot fail to be impressed by Ozick's latest collection. But it is an impression that is made by high intelligence and willful invention, and not by a captivating imagination. Too often she seems to be hectoring the reader to decipher a private cabala. Too often the magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cabalarama | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

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