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...jury for its students; it has selectively prosecuted those it believes to be political activists; it has unfairly penalized a student's future job prospects instead of the student himself; and it has unfairly forced another student to incriminate herself. Comparisons between the two bodies once made the CRR pale in the shadow of the Law School ad board. Though once obviously superior, the ad board's actions now seem at least as objectionable...
...part in Weir's release, despite the prominent role Damascus played in securing the freedom of the TWA hijack victims. A senior State Department official may also have pointed indirectly to Iran when he said the U.S. had offered to help ease the isolation of countries "now outside the pale of international behavior" if the hostages were returned...
...Robuchon. He tends to favor a pointillist shimmer of color, sometimes achieved with tiny droplets of tomato sauce dotted from a knife point to rim a sauce of grass-green pureed spinach or by flecks of herbs and vegetables added to a terrine of rabbit set in a pale, jewel-like aspic. Wielding a tiny round cutter that he found in Japan, Robuchon scoops pinpoints of ivory apple and jade avocado to be tossed with lobster for an intriguing appetizer salad, and he lards snowy codfish with slivers of pink salmon before braising the combination...
...minute limit on exposure to the sun's rays, even for the swarthiest guest. The preferred way for getting a quick tan is to stand facing the sun with arms held aloft. Because of a shortage of swimsuits and suntan oil, beaches are crowded with thousands of pale bodies, some clad only in underwear, reaching skyward like a lost tribe of sun worshipers...
...cosmetics empire, started by Charles Revson in 1932, has been showing signs of old age during the 1980s. Profits fell from $192 million in 1980 to $112 million last year. But in spite of pale cosmetic revenues, the company has become a takeover candidate because of its booming health-care business. More than half of Revlon's sales now come from such unglamorous products as Tums antacids and Orafix dental adhesive...