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DIED. SIR ISAIAH BERLIN, 88, British historian-philosopher of awesome erudition; in Oxford, England. The son of a Jewish timber merchant, Berlin became one of Oxford University's most eminent thinkers. His essays still dazzle, whether ruminating on determinism in Historical Inevitability, updating Mill in Two Concepts of Liberty or exploring Tolstoy's conflicted nature in The Hedgehog and the Fox. (See eulogy, below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...Lincoln Street. The lineup is pretty straight forward. Jim Buni and Mike Leahy take care of vocal and guitar-playing duties, and share the singing with Colleen MacDonald, who also plays bass. Dan Lech provides the backbone of the band on drums. What distinguishes Buttercup from run-of-the-mill alternapoppers is Tim Obetz's slide guitar playing. The full-bodied twang he evokes from the instrument superbly compliments Buni and Leahy's guitar work, but Obetz often plays the melody. This gives some tunes a bluesy, country-tinged character as often rambunctious as it is pliant and melancholy. Slide...

Author: By John T. Reuland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Buttercup Shows Innovation, Reflection With `Love' | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

Rudenstine's efforts on this issue achieved national prominence when he authored his 1995 President's Report on the history of diversity in higher education, a document which explored the thoughts of such disparate authors as John Stuart Mill and Henry Adams, Class of 1858, to explain the profound importance of a diverse environment on the development of the mind...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rudenstine Honored for Diversity Efforts at Gala Event | 10/23/1997 | See Source »

Comer described how his parents-a domestic worker and a steel mill employee-raised their children in rural Mississippi and helped all five earn college degrees...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yale Education Expert Details Plan for Reform | 10/23/1997 | See Source »

...hasn't worked out that way. But should Reno fear for her job? There is certainly grist for Hatch's mill. What there hasn't been so far is much grist for Reno's. Gutting her won't bring Charlie Trie back from Shanghai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loneliest Job in Washington | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

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