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...large size can be daunting. When skiing with a group of different-ability skiers, figuring out which of the seven base lodges to meet at for lunch is confusing. Additionally, the grooming at the mountain seemed a little haphazard. While mountain officials would probably claim that they like to let the moguls build up, the trails could have been kept in better shape...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

...Handlins' approach lacks is a look at the material basis of the "actualities" of colonial experience. There is little sense of social structure or social relations except as conveyed by ocassional anecdotes. If we learn about family, church and enterprise in the book, we learn about them in a haphazard way, in sharp contrast to the way, for example, Mary Ryan illuminates social and ideological change in her book Cradle of the Middle Class. The social structure was the framework in which the colonists developed their new society, and without fully reveling in it, the Handlins miss the mark...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: The Pitfalls of Heroic History Writing | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Handlins' approach lacks is a look at the material basis of the "actualities" of colonial experience. There is little sense of social structure or social relations except as conveyed by occasional anecdotes. If we learn about family, church and enterprise in the book, we learn about them in a haphazard way, in sharp contrast to the way, for example, Mary Ryan illuminates social and ideological change in her book Cradle of the Middle Class The social structure was the framework in which the colonists developed their new society, and without fully revealing it, the Handlins miss the mark...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Not Up To Par | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

Lieut. General Henri Namphy, president of the ruling National Council of Government, was philosophical about the disappointing turnout. Looking ahead to congressional and presidential elections scheduled for late 1987, he observed, "We are showing them the path so that next year everything will go normally." After the council's haphazard approach to last week's vote, Haitians remain dubious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti:A Whisper for Democracy | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

ALTHOUGH GOVERNMENT health officials called AIDS the nation's "number one priority" in public health in mid-1983, the federal government's response has been poorly coordinated and haphazard. Since 1982 the Reagan Administration has consistently attempted to cut congressional appropriations for AIDS--this, despite the fact that cases have been doubling every year...

Author: By Allan M. Brandt, | Title: AIDS and Behavior | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

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