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Between April 15 and April 28, Schmidt made "several" phone calls to a White House official in Deaver's office whose name he does not recall, and issued what he said constituted a formal oral invitation. Not just Schmidt, recalls one well-placed source, but "a lot of people made phone calls" in an attempt to gauge how genuine the White House's interest was. At least one participant in the process became quite frustrated, believing that Harvard did not want to risk being rejected and thus held off on an invitation until it was too late...
...losing jawbone because of periodontal disease or tooth loss. But the researchers caution that the procedure is still experimental and must undergo more clinical tests before it comes into widespread use. Says Mulliken: "We just don't know how strong the bone is going to be." Adds Oral Surgeon Leonard Kaban: "We are trying to go very slowly with this. We don't want it to be a case of the emperor's new clothes, where everybody wants it to work so much that they just believe it does...
...palimony doctrine provides that cohabitants who split up must abide by any prior agreements on how to apportion income and property. The contract is enforceable even if it is simply oral, and in certain cases it need be no more than a pattern of conduct that implies such an agreement. Other homosexuals have sued under this theory, though none of those suits have gone to trial. The novelty of Barnett's action is that she is seeking support from someone who is married and presumably owes her first obligation to her husband. If Barnett succeeds, it could open...
ALTHOUGH IT APPEALS to the populist in us all, oral history is basically a lazy man's version of the real thing. It is raw material, not finished product. Studs Terkel, who popularized the discipline, combines a sharp editing style and evocative introductions of his speakers to create a picture larger than the transcripts would offer by themselves. Most importantly, however, Terkel picks the right people, the biggest responsibility of the Oral historian...
...organizational faults, there is no denying the power of these stories. The great strength of oral history is its immediacy, its personalization of large, often diffuse, historical forces. It is one thing to hear about corruption and mismanagement and another to read this...