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Whereas the admissions office managed some-how to maintain its image as a quiet oasis through all the protests and disillusion of the times, the aid office--by nature quieter and more deliberate still--was thrown headlong into the festivities by virtue of a rule that withdrew the scholarships of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Days in the Office, Nights in the Stadium | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

Their festering disillusion erupted last week into outright revolt. The immediate cause was the ongoing congressional fight over a proposed bill, strongly supported by the President, to raise taxes by $98.9 billion over the next three years. The battle lines were drawn with special clarity on Wednesday, first at a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thunder on the Right | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

The usual Breslin column, which now appears in the New York Daily News, is marked by aggressive resentment and romantic disillusion. His monosyllabic prose rolls down the page with the subtlety of a bowling ball, although the kingpins he aims at and often hits are automatically respotted with no lasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Underdog-Eat-Underdog World | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

We add our hearty condemnation to the other voices that have expressed anger and disillusion with Bok's approach to an issue on which he carries so much weight, both as a lobbyist and as an educational leader. If the president of an influential university can compromise his support of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Flawed Meritocracy | 4/30/1982 | See Source »

Magic is Paul's only interest. The play opens and closes with one of his tricks, an illuminated lightbulb floating magically to the ceiling and back down again. Paul has no goal other than to practice, timidly stammering that he isn't ready to perform, but after a chance meeting...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Allen's Power Failure | 4/27/1982 | See Source »

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