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...that I had a good time at the game. The other is that, in the middle of the game, when Derek Bok smugly walked down the sidelines in front of the Harvard fans and was roundly cheered, I remembered myself enough to boo and give him the finger...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Can't Help Being Bourgeois | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

...people who fill those ranks. Homophobia is only one example of oppressive forces that are at work in the military. Even if the exclusionary policy were changed tomorrow, the underlying tensions and hatreds inherent in the system would still make it unacceptable for an arm, or even a finger, of the military to train or recruit on Harvard's campus. ROTC has no place here. Sheila C. Allen '93 Lily S. Khadjavi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No R.O.T.C. on Campus | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

Vellucci also said he wanted to establish a committee to examine "who snatched up all the houses, who did a lot of grabbing" after World War II. He said he would call the group the "Pointing the Finger" Commission, prompting Danehy to ask, "Which finger...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: City Fined for Contamination | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

...Lawrence Wargrave, a notorious "hanging judge," Woody Hill paces through his scenes like a hawk, interrogating other characters in courtroom style and calmly remarking, "We've been invited here by a madman, probably homicidal." Miss Vera Claythorne (Reid Cottingham) uses physical objects perfectly, obsessively adjusting the rings on her finger and hovering in the background with a cigarette like an angel of death...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: And Then There Were None | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

Starkov's troubles began at a meeting two weeks ago between Gorbachev and leading media representatives. The Soviet President has held other such sessions, but this time he did all the talking. During a two-hour finger- wagging lecture, Gorbachev delivered a blistering attack on liberal elements of the press, accusing them of undermining the influence of the Communist Party. He was particularly thin-skinned about press coverage of the so-called Interregional Group of Deputies, a liberal caucus in the Supreme Soviet, whose members voice harsh criticism of Gorbachev's leadership that makes its way into print. Said Gorbachev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union:Dear Editor: You're Fired. Signed, Mikhail Gorbachev | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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