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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freeman refutes Mead's findings in Samoa on almost all counts: rank, aggressive behavior, religion and punishment, for instance. Contrary to popular belief, Freeman claims that the Samoans are not an easy going, forgiving, and relatively egalitarian people. Rather, they are aggressive, strict, somewhat pious, and, on occasion, belligerent and...

Author: By Simon J. Frankel, | Title: Out for Blood | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

Despite the many frustrations of the text, the flow of sympathetic and clearly intelligent ideas carry the reader swiftly along. Mozart is set convincingly in his period with an adequate array of related characters. The astounding achievement of his music is movingly set against the pecuniary and social tragedies of...

Author: By Mark Murray, | Title: Puzzling the Unexplainable | 4/14/1983 | See Source »

The people lined up at money machines are not all addicted wretches, of course. Most cocaine users do not get hooked. Says New York Psychiatrist Richard Resnick: "Just as with alcohol, there are those who can use coke on occasion and have no problems, and there are cocaholics." Statutes cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing on Cocaine | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

When Rubin did get in trouble the Crimson defense rose to the occasion, making the big catch as consistently as it was making the clutch hit. While not errorless, the Cantab defense was characterized by the play of centerfielder Landys Boyer. In the sixth inning Boyer made two running catches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batwomen Douse Maine's Fire in Doubleheader; Downpour Thwarts Attempt for Sixth Victory | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

Turning in a thesis is a jubilant, even exhilarating, experience. As the culmination of one's academic career at Harvard, it is an occasion for celebrating and whooping and backslapping and congratulations.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Distinction | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

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