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...most notorious American example of professional deformation in the realm of politics--Charles Wilson's "What's good for the country is good for General Motors and vice versa." He argues that like Wilson, "Brodsky's statement attributes a wildly disproportionate role to his own field of endeavor...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Why Johnny Can't Rule | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

...unionization issue was ideal, a chance to help poor workers take on Big Bad Harvard. And, better yet, its not a very time-consuming endeavor. You only have to work on it for an hour or two between classes, while at other times paid staffers work do the dirty work. "It is hard to work on issues like South Africa, which is so far away, when there are things like unionization that are so close to home," one former SASC member quipped...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Divesting of Divestment | 11/19/1987 | See Source »

What Weeds does with its grabbag of serious and silly, comedy and melodrama is defy convention. This confusion is deliberate and although the movie's attempt to be provocative often borders on the offensive, destroying formulas is a worthwhile endeavor. When the play finally gets to Off-Broadway, the fictional New York Times reviewer says "It's a strange, wild piece." It sure...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Stars and Bars | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...Artwork has a monetary value, but it should have a more emotional value," he says. To make art something other than a static endeavor which is either purchased for large sums of money, or viewed on weekends by large crowds in prestigious museums, Tom has made his art a literal part of the city...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Friendly Artist Makes Cambridge His Galllery | 10/21/1987 | See Source »

Dancers--said synthesis--has even been directed by Herbert Ross, whose 1977 The Turning Point accrued 11 Academy Award nominations. But in this endeavor, something seems drastically awry as Ross tries to translate the classical plot of Giselle into a modern-day romance between Baryshnikov and a 17-year-old siren...

Author: By Deborah E. Copaken, | Title: Giselle in Hell | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

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