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Last month, in order to end a takeover fight, Phillips Petroleum agreed to buy the 8.9 million shares that Pickens and his partners held in the company. That stands to earn the group an $89 million profit, and started speculation about Pickens' next target. "I think he is going to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Fear and Trembling | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

The film provides an obligatory cast of conventional characters. Claire(Carrie Fischer) is Gilly's indulged, Beverly Hills wife. Fischer, dressed in pastel, silk dressing gowns, is tight lipped and affected. Needless to say she doesn't approve of her eccentric mother-in-law. Her lack of empathy makes Gilly...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Garbo's Not Enough | 11/21/1984 | See Source »

The system of awarding tenure must have certain underlying principles that make up its basic structure. Here I attempt to look at the system from a student's point of view and not in an analytical or explanatory sense, with the hope that this will answer some questions about the...

Author: By Yijaya Ramachandran, | Title: Democratizing the Tenure System | 12/2/1983 | See Source »

The tight-lipped code of honor was another manifestation of the literary silence, posing as bravery, that lasted until his death of lung cancer in 1961. The act convinced no one, least of all his biographer. Johnson regards her subject without illusion. She knows that inspiration can arrive and vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable: Nov. 7, 1983 | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

By remaining tight-lipped about the details of reported cases, the University DOES NOT discourage people "from bringing their complaints to administrators." Contrarily, the privacy that is guaranteed to the victim provides an incentive to report to administrators something that would otherwise be considered to be "sensationalistic news." I assume...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sexual Harassment | 10/7/1983 | See Source »

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