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...like a typical symptom of corporate bloating. In fact, the selections reflect President Bok's conscious desire for a decentralized administration made up of experts who independently rule. That structure on the whole seems to have worked remarkably well during Bok's 11 years. Certainly it has eased the fortress mentality that prevailed beore 1971. Bok's predecessor, Nathan M. Pusey '28, relied exclusively on a tiny inner circle of all-purpose advisors and was widely blamed for mismanaging events such as the student protests of the late 1960s...
...novels, Birdy and Dad, does not benefit from having its plot laid bare. The author's gift is an ability to convey emotional clarity in simple prose that transforms incongruities into sharp visual impressions. Snowy woods are both Christmas cards and killing grounds; the château is fortress and cultural repository. A violin liberated from beneath the rafters becomes part of an unusual still life when it is casually set against a box of hand grenades...
Twangy guitars, Beatlesque two-part harmonies and a fortress-strong rhythm section--brother Robert on drums and Chris Donato on bass--reinforce the tunes admirably. These guys are tight: no flashy guitar solos, overbearing synthesizers or eardrum-splitting decibels. Just straight ahead rock 'n roll with every note in its place...
...classes give you even more time to ponder the dull pain of humiliation. Technique piles up on top of technique, forming a match stick fortress that crumbles every time you realize that the whole game comes down to psyching up for a given morning in October. Still you obediently attack the arguments Stanley provides for you. You root out faulty linkage between evidence and conclusion. Indeed, which information if true will most weaken the author's discussion? What is the, most appropriate title for this passage--"Ground Glass: Roughage for the Eighties" or "Startling New Discovery Turns Roughage...
...hardly looks troublesome these days, this odd, '30s fortress with the Greek-echo name. In September 1971, Attica put hell on display for the nation. There are no signs of a riot today. The shock to one's system lies simply in the place itself, its main wall rising 30 ft. around 53 acres in the middle of dead-quiet upstate greenery. The wall is gray gray. Nothing in nature, including a rock, could be that color. Guards say the wall goes down 30 ft. in spots so as to hold fast in the quicksand. At intervals along...