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...Nay Jama--Passim, 47 Palmer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IS TO BE DONE Nov. 12 - 18 | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

Everyone else is out chopping down the forest, Bunyans, nay Weyerhauesers. But White is standing still and looking at the trees, separating the solid lumber from the rotted. And from a single tree he can find the whole wood--almost the reverse of the more common sort of writing, which takes the world and boils it down into a single character. It is skill--not passion, not energy, not vision--that carries White; for anyone without the skill, his method of approaching big ideas is impossible. He is a singles hitter, but his average is high...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Small is Beautiful | 10/27/1981 | See Source »

Girls-and some boys-have taken to wearing lapel buttons inscribed NO. This flat statement may make for flat evenings, but the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver and a group for unwed mothers, which are distributing the buttons to students, report that the nay signs are catching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Odds & Trends: Jan. 19, 1981 | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...Make Today My Birthday," the small carton trumpets, nay, pleads. "Here's how...when you get me home, carefully remove me from the box. I am not blinking yet, but if you place your thumbs on my side...you will feel my heart (battery with cap). Squeeze firmly...my heart will start, and my light will begin blinking continuously...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Every Child a Deity | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

...musings will no doubt prove prescient, his analysis correct. Michael Harrington probably did "cheat" Marx, in the abstract. Nonetheless, Marx hoped for--nay, expected--the merging of theory and praxis. His was a resounding call to action. Bell's ideas have a powerful appeal, but Michael Harrington is out on the streets, trying to affect social change, while Bell is in his office, analyzing social change. The choice is stark: this weekend, you can skim The Winding Passage and absorb ideas; or you can attend the nearest DSOC meeting

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Who's Ruptured the Comity? | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

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