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...difficulty may best be demonstrated by example. Of the 17 stories, no fewer than nine begin with a variation on the following scene. The narrator, always a 35-ish man with a nondescript name and nondescript job, often between marriages, is some where nondescript, actively pursuing passivity. While the T.V. chatters or the traffic light delays changing, a woman unexpectedly enters. She is physically striking, socially adept, completely confident of her welcome, and with minimal explanation she sweeps the narrator up in a sequence of events beyond his control. Sometimes there is sex, but not often, any moves in that...
Although she worries that she is being "too Pollyanna-ish," Harvard Director of Community Affairs Jackie O'Neill says that student volunteer programs are the best form of community relations because they "break down the superstitions involved when institutions deal with institutions...
...acquired provide an answer to the question: What do Americans read and listen to? From the Soviets' perspective, the masses are the heart and soul of a nation. It is a crucial question for them to ask. Our answer, as reflected by the Andropov collection, is regrettable. David Ish San Francisco
...that Lilly could not have known about the 28 British deaths that occurred prior to the drug's U.S. approval in April. Indeed, accounts of some deaths from liver disease, all among the elderly, were reported to the government in late 1981 and appeared in the Brit ish Medical Journal...
...waffled when asked whether the Post really meant to refuse all interviews set up by p.r. firms. Indeed, speaking for the feature sections, Bradlee said, "We will take all calls." Greenfield insisted that she had wanted only to keep her opinion pages "Caesar's wife-ish" and open to all comers. Added she: "It was not my intention to direct this to the news side...