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WASHINGTON--President Reagan's plan for sending $100 million in military aid to Nicaraguan rebels stalled yesterday as several key members of Congress objected to harsh White House rhetoric aimed at opponents, and two more House panels opposed the request...
...SECOND PLAY of the set, Footfalls, is of a completely different nature than Rough I. The set is minimalist, and the lighting harsh, low, and unidirectional. In Footfalls, Beckett explores the absurdity of the human situation through a dialogue between a daughter and mother. The problem--if it really is a problem--with Footfalls is that it is impossible to determine who is the mother and who is the daughter. The play thus becomes very impressionistic, with no evidence of a climax or resolution--but then again, this is Beckett's fundamental opinion about life...
Renowned behaviorist B.F. Skinner, Pierce Professor of Psychology Emeritus, also issued harsh words of criticism from the Ed School yesterday. Skinner, departing considerably from his intended speech on computer-aided learning, said the government book does not offer "a single thing of use" to teachers and said he was "terribly disappointed...
...opinion-commentary award went to Winslow, The Crimson's managing editor for features, for "A Harsh Silence." The piece investigates the university's practices as a landlord in Cambridge, concentrating on a rape at a Harvard-owned apartment building...
...this week two days of public hearings at which key officials involved in the launch decision, as well as some of the experts who opposed the go-ahead, are expected to testify. Predicted one source close to the commission: "There will be a hanging." That assessment may be too harsh, but clearly the full story of why Challenger and its crew had been sent on a doomed mission remains to be told...