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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They ball-controlled us," he said. "Look at the sheet here and you can see that...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Defense's Doomsday | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...COUNCIL, however, seems determined to keep the program small and firmly in its control. CUE member Henderson argues that the University considers the program an extra goodie to list in the college catalogue, "something else they can point to and say, 'Look what we have,'" without expending much energy. Henderson is probably right. But what is even more irksome is the assumption the Council makes that Harvard students will immediately flock to third-string foreign schools if given the chance; therefore, the study abroad experiences must be suspiciously monitored to maintain "quality control." Davis, for instance, recommended in his memo...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Forestalling the Exodus | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...game rush of a Guatemalan soccer match, all he thinks about is leaving. Throughout the book Theroux keeps asking whether it's worth the trouble. An unadventurous adventurer, he skips carnivals and sidesteps invitations at every turn, like the man who goes to a museum and refuses to look at the pictures...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Take the A Train | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...means the last word on the subject, will provoke, frighten and outrage even those already jaded by the sleaziness and corruption of Watergate. Richard Helms and the old boys at the CIA would have been much happier it Thomas Powers and others like him never bothered to look inside their murky closed. It may not be pleasant, but it is important and necessary to inspect those skeletons and pick the bones clean; we can learn from the post-mortems how better to fight the disease...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Company He Kept | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Student of Desire | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

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