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...first dashed expectation is that dining at Locke-Ober is an elegant experience. Both the service and the setting are less than refined and hardly rarified. Locke-Ober's several dining rooms run the gamut from gaudy to inhospitable, and despite the restaurants alleged character, ambience is an elusive commodity...
Colorful anti-apartheid protests have become almost commonplace at Harvard, grabbing the campus spotlight and overshadowing a legion of her ongoing activist efforts. From the Conservative Club to the Spartacus Youth League, student activism takes many forms. The following selection of would-be movers and shakers runs the gamut from reaction to revolution...
Herds of country cognoscenti await McManus' appearance in magazines and books (Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1983). The 30 pieces assembled here run a bucolic gamut of outdoor misadventures. The author recalls his encounter with an inept wilderness guide: "Once he got us so lost I resorted to firing three shots in rapid succession. But the light was bad and I missed him." At other times McManus offers addled expertise. He tells new husbands how to build up a gun collection without attracting the attention of their wives. Hint: get the little woman to stop counting rifles and start thinking...
...represent increased enrollment more than a decline in academic quality. "A perceived decline is something that is usually described when a substantial new population enters the schools," she says. So while a Harvard education may be better than ever, "there are more XYZ colleges out there today...a great gamut...
...club, like CBS Cable. A&E produces only a few of its own shows, acquiring most of them at low cost from various suppliers. The largest chunk of its schedule consists of entertainment shows purchased through a special arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corp. These BBC programs run the gamut from classy mini-series (Jane Eyre) to music specials (An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber) and sitcoms (The Fainthearted Feminist with Lynn Redgrave). The schedule is also filled with concerts, operas, ballets and other fine-arts fare. But the network's executives admit that they are trying to attract...