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...Arthur M. Sackler Museum, the latest addition to the architectural potpourri in the Quincy and Broadway Street area, has already caused ripples of both enthusiastic approval and emphatic disdain amongst avant-garde architectural critics...

Author: By Matthew Snyder, | Title: It's Art--for the Sake of Art | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

After receiving a favorable reply from Williams and going to meet him, Coles switched to pre-med, despite his disdain for courses such as organic chemistry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coles: I Hated Being a Pre-Med | 10/16/1985 | See Source »

With Wetherby, David Hare, a reknowned playwright in England, an experienced stage director of his own works, and author of Plenty, has entered the realm of movies with ease: his direction always illuminates his script. Never slow, the screenplay delivers equal amounts of disdain and understanding for the overexposed minds of Hare's compatriots. Hare's jabs, though, are the most fun, as they make for thrilling moments of silly bickering and academic idiocy--one invited dinner guest keeps insisting "Define your terms!" His characters are appealing--when they aren't incensed suicides--no matter how Hare intends otherwise. Some...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: A Bloody Good Tale of Suspense | 9/27/1985 | See Source »

Harvard may not provide athletic scholarships, but that's no reason to conclude that Crimson coaches disdain recruiting...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Class of '89: One of the Best Ever | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Harvard may not provide athletic scholarships, but that's no reason to conclude that Crimson coaches disdain recruiting...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Class of '89: One of the Best Ever | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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