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...long last, we have broken into a vast, untapped linguistic realm of diatonic-scale proportions. To deny this prodigious development, this long-awaited break-through, would be rapaciously antisemantic. Still, to accept this eventful flux without the genuine sincerity of welcoming emotion would be no less prejudicial...

Author: By Bader A. El-jeaan, | Title: Another World | 9/25/1991 | See Source »

When Moses arrived to fill von Stade's shoes, he was greeted with a system in flux. As first-years all moved into Yard dorms and ate all their meals in the Union, life for them was becoming increasingly isolated. Although he advocates a first year that is special and distinct from the rest of the college experience, Moses was concerned that Yardlings were in danger of being too cut off from everyone else at the College...

Author: By Michele F. Forman, | Title: Last Year for a First-Year Dean | 4/9/1991 | See Source »

Communitarianism is an idea still in flux, more than a slogan but less than a coherent philosophy. Even the name may give way to something more catchy; Galston tentatively offered up "neo-progressives." But whatever the label and whatever its political future, it is an encouraging sign that thinkers are groping to find alternatives to the selfishness inherent in interest-group liberalism and conservative laissez-faire economics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whole Greater Than Its Parts? | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...announced retirement of long-time Eliot House Master Alan E. Heimert '49, the last of the Old Guard of Harvard's house masters, has raised questions about the direction of a house system that seems to be in constant flux...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Does the House System Need a Facelift? | 2/22/1991 | See Source »

...high end of men's fashion prospers and the middle ground looks for new style and stability, the only fashion constant is flux. Bilzerian talks about suits in shades of aubergine and pine green; even Hart Schaffner & Marx's Hoffman waxes evangelical about pleated pants as "a major fashion direction." To hear him tell it, it's only a matter of time until the Hartmarx man looks like a second cousin to the Duke of Windsor: "British is hot right now. You're going to see more 11-in. side vents, ticket pockets . . ." Could it be the beginning of another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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