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...situation at Harvard is ideal. Harvard has a department--not just a committee--and the DuBois institute is already in place. It has an excellent track record and attracts outside funding. With the limitless potential of the DuBois institute Harvard is more attractive than any other place," says Rampersad...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Can He Save Afro-Am? | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

...exercise, and the offers of explicit linkage carried by middlemen like the French and the Algerians could at any time be used by Saddam to save face. Were he to decide to leave Kuwait, the list of creative ways for the Iraqi leader to portray himself heroically is virtually limitless -- and some in Washington indicate that an attack may not occur for several weeks, in the hope that Saddam will finally come to his senses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment Of Truth | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...simpler than supporting tough national energy policy like Singapore's, in which the government limits the number of cars that are licensed and charges a fee for driving downtown. It is easier than setting aside scarce federal funds for research into alternative fuels like natural gas, or limitless power like solar or wind energy...

Author: By Mona Lin, | Title: Environmentalism Isn't Easy | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

...entire play takes place in Barney's Delicatessen, where Rob and Bobby, the two men behind the counter, pass limitless hours churning out sandwiches for a lunch rush that never arrives. They cower under the threatening influence of an ominously absent boss named Barney as Rob discloses piecemeal the play's central concerns. Among these are the presence of a mysterious and impenetrable room "behind the back room" of the deli, which he spends most of his time trying to infiltrate; a violent "occurrence" which resulted in the disappearance of the deli's previous employees; and the undisclosed identity...

Author: By Carey Monserrate, | Title: Dorf's Deli Proves Dreary | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

...show's problems lie elsewhere. The first is the subject's diffuseness, its almost limitless size. Gopnik and Varnedoe have taken four categories to look at: graffiti, caricature, advertising and the comics. But what about the movies, TV or photography? One can sympathize with the curators' problem: any story must have a narrative core, and to secure one this account has been heavily edited. Nevertheless one misses references to these forms -- even though, if exhibited with any density, they would have made the show unendurably prolix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Upstairs And Downstairs at MOMA | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

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