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...Murphy, however, Esalen's greatest promise is probably that of an outlaw university, a place that can pursue "rigor in the service of adventure," rescuing learning from both the dryness of the academy and the wishy-washiness of many alternatives. Certainly, aphorisms fly every evening in the central redwood lodge, where seminarians cluster in excited groups over cups of coffee and thrash out Rilke and reincarnation deep into the night. "You do not visit India; you visit yourself," a New York investment analyst tells an Italian woman from Houston and her 18-year-old son. "Whether man finds things...
Since then the debate has swirled around legislation that would amount to an equal-rights amendment for homosexuals, who already enjoy antidiscrimination guarantees in the civil and diplomatic services. The government has promised to produce a bill this autumn that will outlaw antihomosexual discrimination in housing and in the hiring of teachers in public and private schools. Many Catholics, as well as members of Lubbers' party, frown on the prospect of parochial schools being told they no longer have the right to choose their instructors, and the legislation's fate is uncertain...
...describing the bungled attempts by the NSC staff, using private citizens in amateurish bargaining to develop a dialogue with Iran and get American hostages released by selling arms to that outlaw nation, Shultz made no effort to conceal his scorn. "Our guys . . . got taken to the cleaners," he said. ". . . It's pathetic that anybody would agree to anything like that. It's so lopsided. It's crazy." At one point he was shown a chart found in North's office safe, outlining a way of using arms-sales profits to set up a privately controlled fund for covert operations. Disdainfully...
...since the reckless 1920s has the business world seen such searing scandals. White-collar scams abound: insider trading, money laundering, greenmail. Greed combined with technology has made stealing more tempting than ever. Result: what began as the decade of the entrepreneur is becoming the age of the pinstriped outlaw...
...pull off and to rationalize. White-collar workers are harried by competition, given new power by computers, tempted by electronic flows of cash, and possessed of a strong appetite for status symbols. Result: what began as the decade of the entrepreneur is fast becoming the age of the pinstriped outlaw, his prodigal twin. The white-collar crime wave is already spurring an antibusiness backlash, which could lead to a fresh dose of the regulations from which many industries have only recently won freedom. Says Michigan Democrat John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee: "I think the pressures...