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...commentator suggested semi-humorously that such flexibility might be interpreted as a lack of commitment on the part of the seniors. It is more accurate to interpret such flexibility as evidence of the ability to understand both sides of an argument and thus comprehend an issue more fully. It is reassuring to be able to demonstrate that college does improve reasoning ability of this kind...

Author: By Dean K. Whitla, | Title: Learning how to learn | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...business. It is the service that makes the difference between one funeral home and another. The death of a loved one is often a shocking experience. How a family chooses to handle it is based on personal idiosyncrasies, which are the funeral director's responsibility to interpret. The decision to have a casket of cardboard or solid bronze is left to the relatives. What funeral directors give of themselves to families in need will never be put on paper except by those who often write in appreciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 4, 1984 | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

Margaret Y. Han, in her piece entitled "Hello, Mrs. Robinson," seems to interpret the recent media emphasis on the desirability of the older woman as something of a step forward for women: a recognition that a woman past the age of 35 should not be devalued as a possible romantic partner simply because of age. The media's shift from an emphasis on only the very young woman as sexually exciting is noteworthy, but does it really signal or promote a change in attitudes toward women? Joan Collins, Vicki LaMotta, and other mentioned are all "older" women who look like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Robinson | 5/25/1984 | See Source »

...seems that the Crimson came, to the Union with the incorrect notion that any house sending representatives to greet freshmen did so to provide shoulders for them to cry on. This delusion clouded your reporter's ability to accurately interpret our motives. He only succeeded in perpetuation a misguided image of Mather House. Michael R. Epstein '85 Jonathan A. Lesserson '85 Steven A. Nussbaum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Concrete Elite | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...study does not attempt to interpret the justifications of individual regimes; instead. Al asserts "that the classical apology for torture (that the authorities are obliged to defeat terrorists or insurgents) does not fit the facts. [It] ignores the fact that the majority of torture victims...have no security information...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Battling Brutal Regimes | 4/14/1984 | See Source »

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