Word: paragraphs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Ted Kennedy proposed wage and price controls he issued a two-paragraph explanation of how he would "announce a freeze" that would last from four to six months, and "during that time we would put into place other programs such as gasoline rationing . . ." But "announcing" and "putting," so casually stated by the Senator, would be in today's world like moving mountains. John Anderson is an evangelist for "the power of ideas," of which he has many, like the 50? gasoline tax to reduce consumption and ease other tax burdens. But Anderson's determined advocacy of ideas...
...final observation, on another topic, regarding the excellent "Silhouette" of William Burroughs by Paul Attanasio (Feb. 1. pg. 2): In paragraph 2, The Crimson prepetuates a widely-repeated misnomer by referring to the Moroccan city of "Tangiers." It is Algiers, with an "s" that is the captial of Algeria. The singular TANGIER (no "s") is where Burroughs lived and wrote for many years. In French, the city is "Tanger" (tawn-JAY); the city was named by ancient Phoenicians, as something like "Tahn-ja," which is how many contemporary Arabic-or better Berber-speaking Moroccans refer...
...which drew forth in response an article from a local newspaper on a group of women engineers who are pro-nuke and think many of the anti-nuke arguments are just a form of solar energy that is to say, hot air. In counter-response someone has circled a paragraph in the article that says how, despite the fact that these women were hired by public utilities financially wedded to the nuclear industry, their views should be taken seriously...
...paragraph--again at the last chapter--Wohl deals with the "revolutionary changes in European political and social structure" that occurred in the early twentieth century. Socialism is tritely termed the "great social and political movement of the day." Wohl tosses in a discussion of social Darwinism, fascism, and nihilism; but there is no comprehensive examination of the impact of these trends on the intellectual climate...
...herioc contribution came from Harvard University. A one-paragraph release signed by President Bok and released four days after the stabbing commended the city for its calm; an immediate telephone call offering communications equipment, meeting space or other material support necessary would have been more useful...