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...those interviewed agree that the lion'sshare of credit for the deal belongs to Sheerr,who originated the negotiations, who refused tolet the issue die away, who essentially wrote herown job out of existence...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: How the Deal Was Done | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...with bodyguards and securitysystems, the rock star Harlan manages fights witha masquerade of words and costumes and her husbandfights by reviving his identity as an African.With no simple guard at her disposal, Harlan mustrely upon a more internal system of defense--herrefusal to accept society's basic tenets as herown. She cannot be imprisoned by shackles she doesnot believe...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Of Turtles and Women: Jones' `The Healing' Presents a Jolting Tale | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

Finally, the attorney wrote that Battenfield'sillness could not be attributed to what happenedon May 14 or in the days afterwards. He cited herown admission that she had been under considerablestress for the first five months...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: University Wins Battenfield Case | 7/6/1994 | See Source »

...Robertson's broad vision has kept her awareof the potential foibles of the academic andsocial system, even when that system awards herfor her own accomplishments. She does not receiveher accolades without noting the ironies in herown situation, ironies which are an omnipresentconcern in her work as well...

Author: By Susan D. Wojcicki, | Title: Witty Woman | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...grew impatient with normal social niceties,turning on a friend who through no fault of herown was unwilling to open up her soul to me, andsecretly resenting others who still lived by asocial code I had left behind a year before...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Remembering Their Harvard Experience | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

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