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...Harvard Conservative Club sponsored the debate, which featured Buckley, Galbraith, Bleiburg, Laffer, Robert Lekachman, an economist from Columbia University, and four Harvard students.CrimsonTimothy W. PlassWILLIAM F. BUCKLEY's [left] "conservative black" suit and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH's [right] "pale grey liberal" suit set the tone for last night's debate at Sanders Theater of the Reagan administration's economic policies. JOHN OAKES [center], former editorial page editor of The New York Times, looks...
...entered the religious mainstream. This month the 37 regional executives of the American Baptist Churches called the very existence of nuclear weapons, much less willingness to use them, "a direct affront to our Christian beliefs." The bishops of the United Methodist Church proclaimed in November that "all other issues pale" by comparison. Billy Graham sees a moral crisis that "demands the attention of every Christian...
...some oenophiles, champagne seems a frivolous drink, a pleasant apéritif but unsuitable for consumption throughout a meal. Says Humorist Art Buchwald: "It tastes as though my foot's asleep." Yet, inevitably, the noble, pale gold fluid, its nose-wrinkling bubbles and the sense of care and occasion that accompanies it will always make the wine more of a celebration than a tipple. As they say in the Napa Valley these days, Santé! Bonne...
...camera panned slowly across a library of leatherbound books and a polished table to a pair of pale, manicured hands and finally to the angular, rigidly expressive face framed in a white collar and blue suit. French President François Mitterrand was on the air, live from his study in the Elysée Palace. In an hour-long Gallic version of a televised fireside chat, Mitterrand delivered the first comprehensive defense of his leftist domestic policies since he took office seven months ago. "Those who chose us want things to change," said he. "There must be some reforms...
...names still strike a nostalgic chord in the hearts of automotive enthusiasts: the MG and Triumph sports cars, the four-wheel drive Land Rover and the sleek Jaguar. But these days BL Ltd. (formerly British Leyland), Britain's one remaining large-scale auto producer, is only a pale shadow of its former self. MG production ceased a year ago, and the last Triumph was built in October. And now, the very existence of BL is in doubt...