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Adelman adds, "We've never picked up the hood on the car of higher education and looked underneath to see what's going...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Assessing the Value of a Harvard Education | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...night and the joyful confusion which is the scooper's basic element has accelerated. Orders are forgotten, the radio gets louder, we smash into each other more frequently, and the accumulation of goop spreads into face and hair. Revelling in the chaotic, carnival atmosphere I put up my sweatshirt hood to accentuate my insanity. This provokes customer comment. Customers never expect a reply. "He must be getting cold (snigger snigger)." My eyes roll, scoop clatters from my hand. "No I'm not. I'm just fucking weird." Nodding cowed agreement, the line moves on. Chuckling quietly, I return...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Primal 'Scream | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...years ago, University Vice President for Arts and Sciences Donald C. Hood appointed a committee of Columbia's top administrators and faculty to study the state of women's studies at the school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Launches Wom Stud Course | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

Carter loves to recreate old stories. That is her hallmark, despite the fact that she is often marketed as a feminist. A previous collection of her short stories, The Bloody Chamber, includes Carter's elaborate versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, and Puss in Boots...

Author: By Lyn DI Iorio, | Title: Of Feminists and Fairy Tales | 1/21/1987 | See Source »

...upon by outside forces. I keep it handy, as you would a rabbit's foot, for there is a lot of bullying going down in this town, my new home, and one must strive not to be caught without a device to ease the pressure gathering under the hood. Lead on, o kinky turtle. The first time I invoked the expression was on the George Washington Bridge. At a quarter past one, I was 20 miles from the Hudson River. At half past three, I was across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York City: An Incantation | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

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