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...student can decline to pay the fee and opt for medical care at some other health service or at a private practice if he wishes...

Author: By Macla Follette, | Title: In Firm Health: Diagnosing UHS | 4/3/1986 | See Source »

...third of graduates who opt to leave the university setting end up working directly on military contracts, while another one-third work on commercial products whose primary market is the defense industry, according to Rich Cowan, chief organizer of the rally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150 Protest Military Research at MIT | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

...only one sonata for his instrument, but what a sonata it is! Bril liant, bombastic, tender, devilishly diffi cult, structurally innovative, the nearly half-hour work is the summa of romantic piano technique, and every modern pianist must test his mettle with it to claim Liszt's mantle. Most opt for a straightforward, flashy approach, hoping to conquer the piece by sheer dexterity. Duchable, a young Frenchman with an especially rich tone, adopts a more reflective attitude, which gives the sonata dramatic coherence. He treats the work as a full-scale tone poem rather than a prolonged etude, savoring each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Throwing Down the Gauntlet | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Barkan said the key problems with the final SACproposal were the absence of a "bail-out clause,"whereby the Review editors could opt to leave ifthe new situation were not satisfactory, and thefact that the editor-in-chief's status would bebelow that of the publisher...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Political Review Editors Resign | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

Aside from the fact that Rosovsky's logic doesn't account for those who opt for the five and six-year plans, it is remarkably...

Author: By President - and Jeffrey A. Zucker, S | Title: A Parting Shot | 1/29/1986 | See Source »

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