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...treated hospitably but not coddled. His hosts are communists, not liberals. The wind-chill factors of their lives dictate stern lessons and harsh measures. The aged are no longer left to die, but there are no discounts for senior citizens. Orphans go to the bottom of the social ladder, and the A.S.P.C.A. would not be pleased to learn that some polar dog-owners toughen their animals with hunger and the club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Sahara of Ice | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

Harvard police responded to the scene after being notified by a Lowell security guard. Cambridge firefighters were also on the scene with a ladder truck...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Man Apprehended After Climbing Lowell Scaffolding, Passing Out | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

Finally, there was the Yale-Brown game in Providence. R.I. Yale. which loses its best players to graduation nearly every year and somehow manages to remain at the top of the Ivy ladder, came in favored by only three and a half points, something of a surprise. After all, the Bruins, without Hank Landers, had no particular quarterback to speak...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: It's ... It's ... Underdog! | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...will be the women's vote. By a 55-to-45 margin, women oppose Reagan and his policies-notably his cuts in social programs, his opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment and his hawkish defense posture. Also, since many women were the last to step on the economic ladder, they have been the first to be laid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Off and Running | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...smart newlyweds of a generation ago, their home, the first rung on the ladder of upward mobility, was almost inevitably furnished with "Danish modern," complete with Marimekko textiles, stainless-steel cutlery and plain white tableware. There was no better way to show modernity. Recently, however, modern Scandinavian design seems to have vanished from public awareness in the U.S. Much of it has been poorly adapted and absorbed by U.S. mass culture. In addition, it is no longer modern to be modern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Century of Scattered Flowers | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

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