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Frank Zappa knew something was seriously amiss when he came across a booklet called A Guide to the Alternative Recordings of Frank Zappa. The pamphlet listed 400 titles -- or about 350 more than the veteran rocker has ever released. "In 25 years I have made about 50 real albums, and somehow guys with little cassette machines have managed to produce eight times as many albums and offer them for sale," laments Zappa...
...activists who see rape as a metaphor, its definition swelling to cover any kind of oppression of women. Rape, seen in this light, can occur not only on a date but also in a marriage, not only by violent assault but also by psychological pressure. A Swarthmore College training pamphlet once explained that acquaintance rape "spans a spectrum of incidents and behaviors, ranging from crimes legally defined as rape to verbal harassment and inappropriate innuendo...
...undergraduate English concentrator is mired in requirements. The English department publishes a book--not a pamphlet, but a book--of required reading for honors concentrators. This book is organized chronologically into eight chapters, four of which focus exclusively on British literature, one of which focuses exclusively on American. Undergraduates are asked to do work in five different periods, and tested on subdivisions of three in their senior general examinations. It is entirely possible, then, that a Harvard student could graduate with distinction with a degree in English and American Literature and Language having done absolutely no coursework in American literature...
...later New Zealand, for a two-month leave of absence. The dean says he is looking forward to his first extended vacation since 1980, but notes that it won't be all fun and play. While on vacation, he says, he plans to continue work on a much awaited pamphlet on the workings of the Administrative Board. Guess a dean's job is never done...
Volpp and other students distributed a printed proposal at the forum, emphasizing the need for a "large, multi-room facility." Such a center would service undergraduates and graduate students, faculty, alumni, and the Cambridge community, the pamphlet said...