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Greis points to her election to class marshal position as the culmination of her undergraduate experience. "I approve of what the University is trying to do. I don't know if it's necessarily succeeding, but as long as it tries, I will support it," she says. So despite her desire to enter the real world and carve a niche for herself, and her marked lack of nostalgia about graduating, Greis remains determined to keep in touch with the University in one way or another. Her pleasant memories result more fron her efforts than the institution's. "There...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Greis: On the Attack | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...S.A.S. destroyed hundreds of Nazi planes on their own airstrips, freed countless Allied prisoners and blew up scores of Axis ammunition dumps. The commandos were also sent on missions to assassinate leading Axis generals. One of the unit's few known failures involved an attempt to kidnap Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the top German commander in Africa. The Germans soon came to fear the S.A.S. men sporting berets decorated with a winged dagger and the motto WHO DARES WINS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Britain's S.A.S.: Who Dares Wins | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...committee first approached Cronkite six weeks ago, but at that time he said he could not commit himself, Elizabeth H. Owens '80, Radcliffe Class Marshal, said yesterday...

Author: By Marc L. Baum, | Title: Walter Cronkite to Speak at Class Day | 4/26/1980 | See Source »

University marshal William G. Anderson '39 said yesterday the extension will seat nearly 450 people, adding that a shortage of platform seats last year forced some faculty to take the seats of graduating students...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Commencement | 4/18/1980 | See Source »

Although Harrington backs up his proposals with massive statistics and dense arguments, he doesn't explain how to marshal political support for his programs. Harrington admits that most Americans reject radical political reform; rather than decrying vast wealth, Americans still believe in Horatio Alger and want yachts for their children. Harrington demonstrates how many Americans are misinformed about the extent of economic inequality in the U.S. and the hopes for bettering it. He assumes that setting the record straight will convince Americans of the need for radical reform, creating a new coaliton of the lower middle class, the working class...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Utopia? | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

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