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...those of tomorrow's graduates who are dissatisfied, to whatever extent, with their time here do not know whether extent, with their time here do not know whether to blame themselves for making bad decisions or the University for letting them do so. I suspect that while most would fault Harvard publicly, they secretly perceive themselves as having taller short of the mark. This is the logical result of having made a lot of decisions by oneself...
...some cases, tiny details render grandiose plans suspect. In California, the regional headquarters of FEMA is located just a jiggle away from the San Andreas Fault. In western Missouri, the strategy currently calls for people to pass missile sites that make the area a prime target for nuclear attack. In Arizona, FEMA'S program offers elaborate details for moving 70,000 residents of Phoenix 78 miles north to Prescott, a town of 20,000. Officials have not figured out how Prescott, which barely survives the annual deluge of tourists at its July 4 Frontier Days festival, will house...
...argued that it was her accountant's fault, but in 1980, an Italian court nonetheless convicted Sophia Loren, of having failed to pay $4,000 in taxes. She got a $14,200 fine and 30 days in prison. Loren, 47, stayed out of the country to evade the jail sentence (she paid the fine), but last week she finally returned to do her time-tempered by a measure of Italian eleganza. Loren was chauffeured by police in a white Alfa Romeo to Casa Circondariale, a pink-walled women's prison near her native Naples. Carrying a bouquet that...
...social condition over which they have no control." One reason for this, according to Garraty, is the increased Government role in the economy. Many people now believe that public officials are actually inducing higher levels of joblessness in order to cool down inflation. Unemployment used to be "my" fault. Now it is "their" fault...
...contrast, Too Far to Go is a no-fault movie. Actually it was, and remains, a television show, based on John Updike's short stories about how Joan and Richard Maple drifted apart. It is being given a second life in the theaters because someone up there at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios liked it and thought the film deserved a second chance. It is hard to see why. The Maples are a couple who seem to have no great quarrel with each other, therefore no reason for their philandering ways. Their divorce, when it comes...