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...Probably the main reason why the majority of the faculty voted to make a change was dissatisfaction with the way that the theses had been turning out for a number of students that were receiving cums," said Marquand Professor of English Lawrence Buell, who is also a former director of undergraduate education in the English department and a member of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC)which approved the new track...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: English Dept. to Allow Non-Thesis Cum Laude | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

This time the bombers came well dressed, one in a dark suit, one in a light suit. A car dropped them off just outside Jerusalem's main food market, and they walked into the crowded center of the bazaar, carrying attache cases. At 1:10 p.m., positioned 100 ft. apart and apparently in eye contact, one of them, standing in a covered lane, detonated a lethal parcel containing about 20 lbs. of TNT packed with rusty screws and nails. Three seconds later, the second man exploded his suitcase bomb along an open street crammed with lunchtime shoppers. "This is madness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOAKED IN BLOOD | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

...case in Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater's second production, "Goose and Tom-Tom." The play is basically a bizarre and surrealistic trip through the power struggles between two best friends, their lovers and one of their lover's brothers. Like the caricatures that Tom-Tom, one of the main characters, draws and tapes up throughout the show, the play itself sketches some of the numerous fears and fantasies we all hold deep inside...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Haunting 'Goose' Is Bizarre | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

...Clients couldn't get through. And not every client who gets through wants to trade. Many just want advice. Merrill Lynch's crisis plan is drawn from the '87 experience. It will depend on its far-flung army of brokers to stay in contact with clients, while management's main task will be to stay in touch with brokers. At the first sign of a meltdown, spokesman Jim Wiggins says, Merrill chairman David Komansky will gather the 13-member management committee in a crisis room on the 32nd floor of the firm's New York City headquarters. The room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

...Graceland mansion in Memphis, headwaters of all things Elvis. As that city licks its lips in anticipation of the 75,000 free-spending fans who are expected for the 20th anniversary of the King's death on Aug. 16, Elvis Presley Enterprises reigns supreme as the guardian, keeper and main arbiter of one of America's most prominent cultural myths. It owns one of the most prodigiously popular "brands" on earth, one whose potential to generate revenue may have only just begun to be tapped. The market's elasticity will be tested by the new 330-seat Elvis Presley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOVE ME LEGAL TENDER | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

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