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When Otto Eckstein, Professor of Economics, founded Data Resources Inc. (DRI) in 1969 he probably knew that he would be at the forefront of the now booming econometric forecasting business. But what he probably did not know is that he would be the leader of a flock of Harvard professors who are currently going outside the University to supplement their academic salaries. "I could never live on my academic salary," says Eckstein. "Indeed I don't see how anyone...
...story of the Christian general Rinaldo and the Saracen queen Armida. It is a spectacular mixture of pagan magic, military pomp, vocal fireworks and other trappings of the Italian Baroque operatic style, then the rage in London. During the "Bird Song" of Almirena, Rinaldo's true beloved, a flock of sparrows was let loose. The waspish essayist Joseph Addison had fun with that in The Spectator. "There have been so many flights of them let loose that it is feared the house will never get rid of them; and that in other plays they make their entrance in very...
...aren't any other allusions to graceless forms on the page, so upi might as well supply the rest yourself. For example, a lot of the woman's poems are some of those things you should shun. They're too easy to swallow, and this has enticed a whole flock of followers who chuck stanzas between their gums without noticing that their form is bad--consuming mediocre poetry is bad form...
...what's killing us." Gentility. GM, Lord & Taylor, Philco "new color" TV...but isn't that what she meant when she admonished you for worshipping weakness? Maybe these days she really is aiming for a genteel brand of obscenity. It's hard to guess why she should. Apparently her flock wants it that way. Better leave the cussing out altogether--tacit apologies make it so utterly superfluous...
...Tuesday, McCurdy had suggested that he might use some Irish terrorists to help combat the Irish-laden Friars. By last night, he was wishing that he had. "We needed a whole flock of them," McCurdy said. "As a matter of fact, though, yesterday it felt like we were right in the middle of a rebellion...