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...summer school is hardly the raison d' ether of Harvard University, and some might argue that the two-month term is downright boring. But while this school's hottest session is not marked for its fast-paced student and administration activity, history shows that interesting moments, both provocative and lighthearted, do punctuate the long summer months in Cambridge...
With Shultz now in charge of the Administration's hottest foreign problem, speculation arose over what he would do with that power and whether he could hold it. Did it mean a defter and softer touch in Central America? If so, would the White House and Pentagon hard-liners keep hands off for long? Shultz has never publicly differed from the Reagan attitude toward the region, so all of the fuss last week may signal no substantial policy change. "The policy is taking a hell of a beating in terms of credibility," observes a senior State Department official...
...weeks Hollywood had been bracing for the attack. In May, Variety reported that video pirates were preparing an all-out assault on the summer's hottest film, Return of the Jedi. Lucasfilm Ltd., the producer, stepped up security by policing film labs, fastening film canisters with special metal seals, and using messengers to deliver prints around the U.S. The distributor, 20th Century-Fox, sent telegrams to 836 theater managers urging them to take "every possible security" measure against piracy...
While the cosmetics industry for the past year has generally been sagging, Noxell has been smiling like one of its prettiest models. Its Cover Girl makeup is among the hottest major lines of cosmetics in the U.S., and a third generation of customers is now snapping up little blue jars of Noxzema facial cream, which first went on the market nearly 70 years ago. Last year sales for the company, based in Cockeysville, Md., climbed 12% to $262 million, and profits totaled $18.5 million. From 1978 through 1982, Noxell's earnings grew 15% annually. Now Noxell is going...
Both teams enter the playoffs with strong pitching staffs, and Harvard's is so balanced that each of the four starters has served as the staff ace at one time or another. Sophomore right hander Charlie Marchese is the hottest entering the playoffs, with 16 strikeouts in two clutch performance against Dartmouth and Navy...