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...early civil rights activism--Jesse Jackson got his start at North Carolina A&T. During the 1960s, students pointed out that universities represent the values of our culture. By changing the university, we can begin to change the rest of the world. This lesson rings true today, when we needn't look farther than the white face of virtually every single faculty member at this College to see racism in action--and inaction...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: Laissez-Faire Racism | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...young woman compromises and cheapens herself by openly lending herself to the companionship of young men, with all that implies. Boys pretend to scoff at such things but I don't think they really do--they like us to be pure and at their mercy or else whores who needn't trouble their consciences. But whores at least get paid...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: From `A' to `S': What's in a Letter? | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...against a hot blue sky. From a distance they are lethal mosquitoes: stiletto nose, ! bulging belly, tightly angled wings. Passing over their target area, the fighters roll out into a curved line, vanishing behind a range of mountains. They are preparing to drop bombs on American soil, but groundlings needn't worry. The object is to dominate a point spread, not an enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nevada: A Rodeo for Throttle Jockeys | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

This time, the setting is a satellite TV network where Anchorwoman Christy Colleran (Kathleen Turner) is the best newsman in town. Screenwriter Jonathan Reynolds needn't change much else. Even with their pampered hair and fractured prose, these journalists can be as rapacious and fallacious as the old guys. Just watch the media line up avidly for the first televised electrocution, then blow the story when the warden blows a fuse. What you won't see here is the daft equipoise Howard Hawks brought to His Girl Friday. The new film's director, Ted Kotcheff, is content to push everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Weakened Update: THE FRONT PAGE | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...needn't be any longer, as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has developed a plan to install an annunciator system that will allow commuters to await trains under the watchful and sensitive eyes of T employees...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Computer Voice to Herald Arrival of Subway Trains | 11/29/1987 | See Source »

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