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...more. The recession may be just about over in the marketplace, but its effects linger on the nation's campuses. The largest graduating class in history?an educated army of 816,000?is entering America's certified credential society and learning to its sorrow that a degree is no guarantee of a suitable job. Like the dollar, the diploma seems to have been devalued. At Boston's Northeastern University, a sign in the placement office reads "Grave New World...
...Like many other interested photographers, I am sure the shock of losing Larry Burrows [Feb. 22] will linger for some time to come. He was an extraordinary person who, in addition to being an outstanding photographer and journalist, must have had a very special affection for those he photographed, coupled with a distinct awareness of the basic human elements involved in this...
...undergraduates are not only doing all the assigned readings, they're even doing the supplementary reading," notes Amherst Political Science Professor Hadley Arkes. "It's fun to teach again," says Wisconsin Professor David Tarr. His classes in military history used to be the radicals' guerrilla-theater stage; now students linger after the lectures to ask polite questions. There is a new respect for the rights of others. At Harvard, which protested strongly 22 months ago against ROTC, a Marine Corps recruiter recently turned up on campus. When a small band of radicals tried to block the path to his office...
...sentences of a year or less. More important, they detain defendants awaiting trial: 52% of all people in jails have not yet been convicted of any crime. Of those, four out of five are eligible for bail but cannot raise the cash. Because courts are overloaded, unconvicted defendants may linger in crowded cells for months or even years...
...that's it: Dylan's chance for escape blown, he will linger here with us a while longer. And thank God. If he ever made it out, we would really be alone...