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...people under 21 are prohibited from drinking alcohol, and as ridiculously restrictive, as outrageously unfair as they are, it is not the role of the University to flout the law when 70 percent of its undergraduates are under age. Harvard is morally obligated at least to pay the law lip service...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Flaunting the Law, Creatively | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

Obviously, although Harvard is under pressure to comply with the law, it does not have to be Draconian in enforcing it. Naturally, no savvy administrator would publicly announce a policy of leniency, and no student body would call for its announcement. Nevertheless, in paying lip service to the law, Harvard has fulfilled its moral obligation. There is a responsible way of enforcing the spirit of the law which need not treat students like children...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Flaunting the Law, Creatively | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

...know," Fowler said, chewing on a lip. "It looks like the Dogpatch of baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Utica: the Dogpatch of Baseball | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...Lip Talk...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Gorbachev Acquaintance Sees Little Chance for Reform in Soviet System | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

...surface, A.H. Robins of Richmond would seem to be a thriving company. Its popular products, including Robitussin cough syrup, Chap Stick lip balm and Sergeant's flea and tick collars, last year generated record sales of $632 million. But the 119-year-old pharmaceutical firm is now facing financial ruin because of a $3 item it has not sold in a decade: the Dalkon Shield intrauterine birth control device. Deluged by more than 12,000 lawsuits charging that the Dalkon Shield was responsible for countless serious illnesses and at least 20 deaths among the women who used it, Robins last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robins Runs for Shelter | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

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