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In a country where husbands usually have the last word on everything, the Gorbachevs appear to enjoy an unusually equal partnership. "I'm very lucky with Mikhail," Raisa confided to a dinner companion during her 1985 trip to Paris. "We are really friends -- or, if you prefer, we have a...
No one has ever succeeded very well at keeping college kids from drinking -- but town and gown authorities have never stopped trying. In Princeton, N.J., last week Municipal Court Judge Russell Annich Jr. hit two Princeton University students with 30-day jail sentences and $500 fines for serving alcohol to...
In late November, Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva for their first summit. The President used the occasion to convince Gorbachev that the two had an opportunity to free the world from the "uncivilized doctrine" of mutually assured destruction. "I simply cannot condone the notion," said Reagan, "of keeping the...
If we wish for a competitive men's basketball team on occasion, or a football squad to crack the top-20, we should at the same time realize that for Harvard to be competitive in those sports would require the school to hand out scholarships and significantly lower its admissions...
Four hundred years have passed since England defeated the Spanish Armada, thereby paving the way for its rise as a world power. This year Britons are saluting the victory with pageants, bonfires and banquets. Trouble is, the occasion has also spawned scholarly works and an exhibit at the National Maritime...