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Harvard administrators and police on the committee have a long way to go before proving that the committee is not just the result of lip service to a few disgruntled minority students. The new committee may provide a channel for student complaints but does nothing to address the concerns of Cambridge residents outside the University. A permanent, independent police review board including local residents as well as Harvard students is the best way to insure that all citizens affected by the HUPD have a voice in the department...

Author: By Charles C. Matthew, | Title: University Police Need Monitoring | 3/21/1985 | See Source »

...external that she held nothing in." To look as well as emote the part, Lange tucked her blond locks under a series of brunet wigs, and Cline's mother pronounced Lange "superb" after watching her film a stage singing performance. Movie audiences, however, will only see Lange lip-syncing. The voice belonged to the real Cline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 18, 1985 | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Moore is an old pro, author of such surefooted novels as The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne and The Luck of Ginger Coffey. But in Black Robe he slips between James Fenimore Cooper and Graham Greene, between a visually rich adventure yarn and lip service paid to human frailty and divine mercy. Nearly four-fifths of the novel is spent on the trail, providing the author with the simplest means of moving his story and creating suspense. The main test of wills occurs hastily in the last 50 pages and contains a solar eclipse that frightens off hostile Indians just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Soul Trek Black Robe | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...span of the kids. These fifth and sixth graders not only perform the steps set before them with laudable accuracy and energy, they manage also to remember all of the long and complex sequences. A special mention must go to Albert Silva who, while biting intently on his lower lip, dances with spirit and stage presence beyond his years...

Author: By Anne Tobies, | Title: Sandbox Dancers | 3/8/1985 | See Source »

...hiring and school admissions. "Affirmative action is alive and well in this country," says Barbara Schlei, a Los Angeles attorney who represents management in employment cases. Nonetheless, the climate that nurtured affirmative action has begun to cool perceptibly. "Most companies in the private sector are providing no more than lip service to affirmative action," says Milton Vickers, director of minority business development for Dade County, Fla. "There has been little monitoring for the past four or five years, and you can tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assault on Affirmative Action | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

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