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...attempts at communication can be foiled in so many and such subtle ways as in a politically repressive society, in a country where literature and culture must dance to the dictates of a totalitarian state. This is the situation drawn in the story "Man in the Drawer," where an American pays a visit to Soviet Russia and becomes unwillingly involved with the struggles of a Russian writer. Presented with the challenge of smuggling the Russian's forbidden stories out of the country, the American can respond only with fear and irritation. He wants to be left alone to lick...
...loose after their firms suffered losses in the recent recession. They may not have been directly responsible for the trouble, but boards of directors often oust them to convince stockholders that something is being done to improve the company's prospects. Other departees simply tired of top-drawer pressure. In any case, star-quality executives who are let go rarely land new jobs commensurate in perquisites or prestige with their old ones. Often they must take a dramatic cut in pay. Some prospective employers fear that the former ruler of a corporate kingdom will resent suddenly having to take...
President Bok dramatically intervenes in the contraceptives crisis, taking condoms out of the hands of HSA. "Drop by after supper and we'll talk it over," Bok tells Freshmen. "If I'm not around, they're in my top bureau drawer," in a stirring inaugural address. President Nixon calls for "the middlization of America" and as a first move renames the Supreme Court building the "Burger Palace." Harvard Treasurer George F. Bennett ends the problem of his succession when executors of his will reveal he has bequested his son to the University. But IRS agents grab over half of Bennett...
...wake of the three outbreaks, Zumwalt pulled no punches in blaming his subordinates. "Uncomprehending response or response which lacks commitment from the heart-no matter how correct-is essentially obstructionist," said the Chief of Naval Operations. "Just as obstructionist is a man who puts an order in a drawer and forgets it." To underscore his point, Zumwalt said: "Equal means exactly that. Equal...
...most important function of the letter was to try to help gay students "come out"--that is, admit their homosexuality. "As a former closet case myself, this is the sort of letter I would have thrown in a drawer. At least we know that the letter will start some gay students thinking," one member commented...