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Dates: during 1980-1989
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News Editor for This Issue: Julie L. Belcove '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Cara M. Familian '92 Ross G. Forman '90 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Features Editor: Martha A. Bridegam '89 Editorial Editor: Laurie M. Grossman '89 Photography Editor: Rebekah C. Seaton '91 Sports Editors: Colin F. Boyle '90 Julio R. Varela '90 Copy Editor: Andrew D. Cohen...
...that I think contempt for rural residents is exclusive to Harvard or to liberals. After all, the similarity of the word "urbane" (meaning "well-bred and courteous") to "urban" is no etymological accident. I'm not even convinced that elitist Harvardians--both liberal and conservative--disdain "rednecks" any more than they disdain the working class in general...
...this insensitivity that allowed Harvardians to evade the Vietnam draft with clean consciences and let the "hill-billies" die in their stead (a point made by James M. Fallows '70 in his brilliant essay "What Did You Did You Do in the Class War, Daddy...
...believe me, think back to the 1988 campaign, when country singer Loretta Lynn told a campaign audience, "I'm for George Bush 'cause he's country...
...m glad the eight-track has gone the way of its other inexplicable contemporaries like mood rings, platform shoes, pet rocks and one-night stands. The existence of this stuff makes me wonder what was in the water in the 1970s that created such hideous consumer instincts...