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...Crimson said of the man who, in the highly competitive atmosphere of the Law School, made room in his popular seminars for students from the lower third of the class. An outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war, and a leader of the opposition to the nomination of G. Harold Carswell to the Supreme Court, Bok possessed strong liberal credentials. At 40, he represented a new start for Harvard, but few knew exactly who Derek Bok was. "That's been the dilemma and the appeal of the man all along," one Overseer said at the time. "He hasn't revealed himself...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: The Graying of Derek Bok | 4/9/1980 | See Source »

FROM WILLIAM FAULKNER to Harold Robbins, interracial sex has ignited the imaginations of American writers. The most popular of these works dealing with sex between Blacks and whites share a similar protagonist, usually a physically powerful but intellectually deprived Black man, who comes to a tragic end as the Victim of Society, headed for the electric chair or castration by a lynch mob for the alleged rape of a precious white girl...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Otherwise Engaged | 4/8/1980 | See Source »

After the Governors appeared in Washington, the Pentagon lost no time launching a counterattack. Testifying before the same House subcommittee, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown claimed that the MX would not increase irrigation problems, stating that once the system was built it would annually require no more water than the amount "consumed at twelve golf courses in the Greater Las Vegas area." During seven years of construction, the Air-Force would try to avoid disrupting the region by forbidding the estimated 25,000 to 50,000 workers to bring their families with them. This would obviate the need to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Taking Aim at the MX Missile | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

Directed by Harold Becker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cop Song | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...Garippo set the execution date for June 2, but there will be an automatic appeal under Illinois law. The case will drag on for months, if not years, and some cannot wait for it to end. "He killed my son and we're going to kill him," vowed Harold Piest, 46, the father of Gacy's last victim. "I'll go down and pull the switch myself if they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: It's God's Will | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

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