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...delayed any conclusive decisions. But the plan is still poisonously healthy, and the Regents will have a chance at it again soon. Perhaps the chancellors' squawking will convince the Californians that the backlash at Sacramento has gotten out of hand. Reagan has gone over the brink, and he might drag the whole UC system down with...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: A Little Balance | 3/26/1969 | See Source »

...were dancing. Most of the girls were sitting or standing in clots, trying to look conspicuous. Most of the boys were wandering around, sizing up bods, looking for that Girl-in-the-Sky. Later on, they'd go back to their roommates and report how it was such a drag, and well, no, they hadn't met anybody...

Author: By Marilyn F. Kalata, | Title: Hello . . . My Name Is . . . | 3/25/1969 | See Source »

...read the car market and all you can say is "You dumb foot drag-gers-you in Detroit-what took you so long to know imports were going to hit a million?" Now the market is damn well defined, and you know what the market says: "Give me a hell of a good buy for two grand, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE MAKING OF THE MAVERICK | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...sensitive enough so you don't find it amusing to see someone humiliate himself for a laugh. Maybe you can feel proud that you get indignant when others clap gleefully for two midget wrestlers who are making fools of themselves for money. But somehow it's kind of a drag not to be able to laugh...

Author: By Marilyn F. Kalata, | Title: And Then a Woman's View--'Pathetic' | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

...that the central character, who supposedly takes up where Mother Courage left off, is miscast. Emme Davidson is simply too healthy for the role. Wrapped in black, reclining on a couch, and sentenced to deliver her lines in a self-righteous singsong, she's like Truman Capote in drag. Well, let's just say Truman Capote period, and leave it at that...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Turncoats & The Last War's End | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

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