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...Linda S. Wilson, a University of Michigan administrator, to succeed Matina S. Horner as Radcliffe's seventh president. The selection of Wilson for the post raises questions about both the future of the institution and its role in undergraduate life. The new president's primary challenge will be to distinguish herself from her predecessor while continuing Radcliffe's scholarly programs and further defining its relationship to undergraduate women. Although the choice of Wilson gives some indication of Radcliffe's agenda for the future, it is as yet too soon to judge her abilities or priorities in leading the institution...
...Black people have always known that. We've had to distinguish among you because our lives depended on it. I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons...
...unqualified support. Harvard does well to offer courses in military policy and to provide forums for military speakers. Students are given an opportunity to understand military thinking, even if they disagree with it. An academic institution must not censure the study and discussion of any idea. However, we must distinguish between studying military science in the Government Department and sponsoring an organization on campus that actively discriminates against women and homosexuals...
...those morally questionable activities that are technically legal, we are left with a wholly unsatisfactory solution. We could pursue complete ethical purity in economic affairs. But such a course is entirely impractical. The market seldom rewards moral uprightness. Alternatively, we can attempt to distinguish among varying degrees of ethical corruption and weigh them against financial gain, leaving the individual's greed as the final arbiter...
...most ballyhooed work, Buckley's adaptation of his espionage novel Stained Glass, proved stagnant and pointless. Deficiencies that can be overlooked on the page -- cardboard characters, what-if plots about events from decades ago, smugness about how easy it is to distinguish between right and wrong -- are wearisome on the stage. Buckley's dialogue was, if not sesquipedalian, then not serendipitous either. The cumbersome production resulted in set changes longer than the scenes, although the scenes were not necessarily any more interesting...