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Allison said yesterday the committee will not circumvent the Engelhard issue. "I think that this interpretation of our intention, if I understand it correctly, is mistaken and I hope to be able to work with the student association to engage them in what I think is a process" that addresses the fundamental questions the Engelhard issue raises...

Author: By Maxwell Gould, | Title: Dean Rejects Renaming Of Library | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...LIFE-SIZE, life-like mannequin stood in front of the record rack at the Coop, "DEVO" splashed in big letters on its shoulder. As I looked over the latest leavings of the record industry, I glanced to my left to see how many people, like me, had mistaken the advertising display for a fellow shopper before realizing their error. Many did; but the most memorable was the middle-aged matron who bumped into Mr. Devo, courteously said "Excuse me" to him, and went merrily...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Nothing Like Nihilism | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

Thank you, Frank Rich, for your indictment of Erma Bombeck. Her humor is trite, repetitious and chauvinistic. It is frightening that such a recipe can be mistaken for genuine satire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1978 | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Some of our plainclothes officers-called to the scene to help the coroner's office-might have been mistaken for civilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 13, 1978 | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...meatballs in a gingery sauce. Some dishes, such as egg fu yung and fried rice, are familiar to Americans, since at least 90% of all Chinese food served in the U.S. is based on Cantonese recipes. But the real meal in China - Peking duck, for example - could not be mistaken for one in Chinatown, U.S.A. Almost all Cantonese dishes are steamed or stir-fried. Texture and flavor are not masked by heavy sauces that elsewhere can disguise unfresh ingredients. In Canton, they say, the shrimp come wiggling to the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: China Says: Ni hao! | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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