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...doctor said yesterday that he had given the woman a rectal examination and that in her drugged state she had mistaken that for a sexual advance...

Author: By Donald N. Sull, | Title: Hussain Denies Rape Charges in Trial | 5/11/1982 | See Source »

QUITE A LOT of President Bok's recently released report on federal financial aid could be mistaken for one of his frequent open letters. Thirty pages are a leisurely and articulate analysts of a complex issue, devoid of the concrete proposals that could spell alarm or comprehensive policy change. The dangerous surprise doesn't come till about halfway through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Flawed Meritocracy | 4/30/1982 | See Source »

...subjects of painters. Musty, refined, the dilettantes gaze out from the works of artists from Daumier to Norman Rockwell, echoes of a time when collectors were more interested in pages than profits. The echoes are growing fainter by the week. Today, Ye Olde Booke Shoppe is likely to be mistaken for Ye Stocke Exchange. Dusty volumes have become hot commodities. New York City Dealer Raymond Wapner finds the upswing encouraging: "It's about time we came to terms with the economic reality of the times. In upward movement and general stability, rare books perform better than the Dow Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Clothbound Collectibles | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

...stage and monopolizes it with his highly stylized movements. The scenes between La Mole and La Passionelle as they plot to throw a murder charge on the last character. Dupont (Stein), are marvelous. As the lovers develop their plans. Dupont, an innocent admirer of La Passionelle, is indeed mistaken for a murderer, when in fact he is only a love-stricken professor of Latin. Stein as Dupont adds a sense of ingenuousness as he did earlier as the prisoner. Spouting off Latin phrases in propitious moments. Dupont's role increases the web of absurd confusion throughout the play...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Savory Theater | 4/14/1982 | See Source »

...international Communism. El Salvador is not the principal objective. The objective is Central America and the Caribbean basin, and eventually the U.S. By 1969 the Communists had established violent groups to damage the economy in our region. The most violent attacks-kidnapings, terrorism-had great backing from the mistaken political thought of Mr. Jimmy Carter [a reference to Carter's tolerance for the Sandinista-led revolution in Nicaragua]. That is why Nicaragua is a pro-Soviet government today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Will Win the Fight | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

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