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...actual news was not as bad as the reports suggested. It almost never is where Harvard is concerned, given the propensity of the media to turn events here into mega trends. It is true that a small band of determined speech-wreckers succeeded in drowning Weinberger out at times, clearly abridging his right to free speech. But the vast majority of students in attendance restricted the cheering or booing to within legitimate bounds of self-expression...
...pale in comparison to their summer sibling. Fewer athletes from fewer countries participate in few events. For many nations, the Winter Olympics simply do not carry the prestige of the Summer Games Ironically, this may be the Winter Olympics' saving grace Exactly because they are not a global media mega-event, the Winter Olympics avoid many of the political and commercial pressures that can turn an idealistic international sporting event into an ideological battleground. While some problems with nationalism and commercialism exist they are less numerous and threatening...
...finally a millionaire," said Calvin McCracken, adding that he had been a millionaire several times before, only to plow his money into other ideas, some of which were not successful enough to a sustain his membership | in the world of mega° wealth. McCracken said he would probably sock his funds into yet another notion, as he always has. (Next time you go to the cinema, as you pass those hot dogs turning on those tubular rollers, think of McCracken. He made a million...
...still stands as the classic inflation of modern times. As such it remains a nightmarish symbol of a problem that has become perhaps the most persistent one haunting modern economies. Though the chronic inflations that bedevil the industrial West have never spiraled so totally out of control, the German mega-inflation nonetheless serves as a constant warning...
...financial contours of summer '83 are similar to those of '82: one super-smash (Return of the Jedi) from the mega-hit monopoly of Spielberg-Lucas (the six top alltime grossers, including last year's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, were either produced or directed by Steven Spielberg or George Lucas); one surprise hit from early spring that gained momentum by the summer (Porky's in 1982, Flashdance this year); and the usual olio of comedies, thrillers and musicals. As of last week, seven 1983 films had earned more than $50 million: Jedi ($216.9 million), Flashdance...