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...into the black ghetto to discover that the victim actually committed suicide. In another show, Frank (Tim Reid) is courted by a high-class black men's club, which practices its own form of race discrimination. Prospective members are traditionally given a "paper bag" test: only those with skin lighter than the bag are asked to join. The messages are soft-pedaled, however, in favor of funky atmosphere, fragments of offhand humor and characters refreshingly free of sitcom shtick. No big laughs, but not Big Band either...
...TSAT corrects one more defect in the current tenure process. Harvard junior faculty are currently at a disadvantage when competing against senior faculty from other schools. These older outside scholars have lighter teaching loads and hence more time to make names for themselves. The TSAT would prevent such external factors from influencing tenure decisions and thereby allow more accurate comparisons across institutions...
...THIS summer, long after I should have, I joined up with a friend, John, in a Bonnie-Clyde duo of danger. And by the end of the summer, I could hold a lighter onto a fuse until the sparks flew, savor the smell of burnt-out shells and take cover from an oncoming patrol...
...passenger, it is bad enough having to worry about how an airplane--an object clearly heavier than air even without the usual stock of complementary drinks--can possibly stay aloft longer than a football (which is an object lighter than an airplane, though considerably less comfortable for long journeys). But now there is the additional problem of an enemy not particularly deterred by the prospect of his demise...
...Bond." The silver cigarette lighter snaps shut to reveal a face of elegant cruelty: dimples welded like scars, incredible long whips of eyebrows, a full mouth ready for any challenge -- to spit out a witticism, to commandeer a kiss, to sip from the cup of revenge. To say his name. "James Bond...