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...country is high on an opera binge (where else in the world can a prima donna double as a talk show host?) the time seems ripe to put the latter of these two opera giants in its proper place. Like much else of him, his reputation is far overblown...
With ringing, self-congratulatory toasts, Ho Chi Minh's successor, Secretary-General Le Duan, 68, last week ended the first Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party since 1960-and the first held in a unified Viet Nam. The six-day meeting in some respects resembled an overblown victory banquet. The 1,008 cadres and 24 fraternal foreign delegations-led by the Soviet Central Committee's Mikhail Suslov-endured no fewer than 55 speeches, including an eight-hour stem-winder by Le Duan. The theme of the Congress-Thong Nhat (national reunification)-was symbolized by the arrival of delegates...
Despite the modest disclaimers of certain of the principals involved, the publicity and disputation generated by the Currier House seminar has not been overblown to the point of absurdity. In point of fact, it may be concluded that the entire concatenation of events is far more indicative of the "unspoken" than many of our very intelligent, illustrious colleagues, male and female, would care to allow. A number of very important issues have been raised by this "peculiar and very petty squabble"--issues which in no way have been resolved, and which, paradoxically enough, have yet to be recognized and articulated...
Everyone involved in the investigation of whether Ruth Hubbard '45, professor of Biology, effectively excluded men from her Currier House seminar on "Biology and Women's Issues" agrees on one thing: that the whole question was overblown to the point of absurdity...
...School body that sets up general guidelines for law firms' recruiting procedures at Harvard. Amazingly, the investigator's findings and the Placement Committee's recommendations contradict each other almost completely. The committee reported that Bowman acted in good faith throughout--that is, her reaction to the recruiter was not overblown and, some members of the committee said, was perfectly justified...