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Such drastic administrative actions might have halted further misbehavior in the senior class, virtually on the eve of graduation. But always dedicated and rebellious, and never acting with moderation, the class of 1823 became angrier, more intent on revenge...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: The Great Rebellion of 1823 | 2/17/1982 | See Source »

...pressures-this time from the right and, ironically, from Kissinger himself, who two weeks ago criticized the Administration for taking too soft a line on Poland-may have been the factors that led Haig to make a gesture of punitive linkage. Haig told Gromyko that the U.S.S.R.'s misbehavior in Poland and Central America required the U.S. to postpone the announcement of a new round of Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START). Yet Haig took pains not to threaten cancellation, or even indefinite postponement, of the negotiations themselves. There is every indication that they will still take place eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linking the Unlinkable | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...angry recipient of the Kirkpatrick letter sniffed that she was like "the absent parent who scolds her child for misbehavior committed in her absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter Bomb | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...more philosophical plane, the problem of vanishing civility poses even tougher questions. Harvard prides itself on giving students unparalleled independence; cracking down on misbehavior would contradict that approach. It also might exacerbate problems by creating a new confrontation, this one between the University and students...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Bok's Undergraduate Legacy | 10/16/1981 | See Source »

...tour d'horizon, Haig is expected to recite the Administration's now familiar bill of particulars about Soviet misbehavior. High on the list are the continuing arms buildup that threatens to upset the global military balance; Soviet support for terrorism through Libya, Cuba and the Palestine Liberation Organization; the continued occupation of Afghanistan; and Soviet intervention in such Third World nations as Angola, Ethiopia, South Yemen and Cambodia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Together | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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