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...rate: $200 for the afternoon, and throw in some Crimson pennants at no extra charge. Surely that would go a long way toward hipline local residents forget about high rents in Harvard-owned housing and the possibility of genetic engineers pouring little green monster eggs down the drain and into the city's sewage system...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Sis-Boom-Bah | 9/29/1982 | See Source »

Instead of jumping into another long series of state-ordered hearings on the controversial dealings. Harvard should immediately and publicly begin to explore ways to alter MATEP's course before the plant becomes a more severe financial drain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take a Deep Breath | 9/22/1982 | See Source »

...private firm in the gulf area treating oil spills, began tossing out about 100 lumpy white squares from their flat-bottomed swamp boats. Almost at once, the muck began to stick to the pillows. When they were pulled from the river 15 min. later, clear water miraculously began to drain from them, while each 8-oz. bag retained 8 lbs. of oil sludge. Says Peterson's Ben Benson: "We've been working with infrared detectors, 'super sucker' vacuums and high-speed skimmers. Now we're into chicken feathers. I don't know how much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Antipollution Pillows | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...like The Farmer Takes a Wife-that of a shy, likable but lightweight piece of homespun-and take on the raiment of authority. Looking back now, we see that there was no one else who could have played Tom Joad, no one else who could do what Fonda did-drain the sentiment and literariness out of that speech with his drawling directness and, in the process, encompass some of what is best in the American character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Palpable, Homespun Integrity | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...happened to me" and harsh daydreams of revenge against the man who gave her the disease. She stopped wearing makeup, ironing her clothes and shaving her legs. "I felt as though someone had pulled the plug," she says, "and let all my sexuality and self-confidence swirl down the drain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Scarlet Letter | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

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