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In the old days there was a fairly simple distinction to be made between the good guys, or "baby faces" in the carny lingo of wrestling, and bad guys, or "heels." Now no one is reliably good. The emphasis is all on rebellion and arrogance, black leather and shades. At...
Women, especially, listen to Winfrey because they feel as if she's a friend. Although Phil Donahue pioneered the format she uses (mike-holding host moves among an audience whose members question guests), his show was mostly what I call "report-talk," which often typifies men's conversation. The overt...
Professor of English and Comparative Literature James Engell '73 decries this trend in a recent issue of Harvard Magazine, arguing that increasing careerism in university culture, and a shift of emphasis from humanities to more marketable fields such as economics, risks a future in which "we will soon be looking...
He went on to outline four areas of emphasis, in typical Rudenstine fashion, talking more like a moderator than an architect, throwing out topics rather than outlining specific plans for concrete change.
During her nine years as president--a tenure longer than that of Harvard's Neil L. Rudenstine--she has put strong emphasis on Radcliffe's research and public policy institutes.