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Though the sponsors of the bill implied that a complex problem could be solved with a quick stroke of the pen, Dean Lewis was right not to sign the bill. A change in the format of the diplomas is necessary, but the one ultimately proposed by the council is the wrong one. Harvard undergraduates--male and female--receive the same education, and their diplomas, symbols of the successful completion of that education, should be the same as well. To put it bluntly, all diplomas should have the Harvard University and College seals, Rudenstine and Lewis' signatures and nothing else...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: A Matter of Degree | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...there any law that prevents me declaring Pelican Island a National Bird Sanctuary?" T.R. asked, not waiting long for an answer. "Very well, then," reaching for his pen, "I do declare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theodore Roosevelt | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...incomprehensibility of Lenin is precisely this all-consuming intellectuality--the fact that from his calculations, from his neat pen, flowed seas of blood, whereas by nature this was not an evil person," writes Andrei Sinyavsky, one of the key dissidents of the 1960s. "On the contrary, Vladimir Ilyich was a rather kind person whose cruelty was stipulated by science and incontrovertible historical laws. As were his love of power and his political intolerance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...decided that I was going to be a detective. I pulled my grandfather's old hats out of the closet and borrowed a cigar from a friend's father. Standing in front of the mirror, I'd practice saying "Sho, shweethaht" in my best Bogie voice. I carried a pen and pad everywhere and made notes on suspicious individuals (including my eighth-grade science teacher); I bought clothes based on whether you could conceal a gun in them...

Author: By Jessica Hammer, | Title: GROWING UP NOIR | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

COMEBACK KIDS Microdot, a technique for reversing vasectomies, can improve a man's chances of fertility. In reattaching the 0.01-in. duct that carries sperm, doctors use a microscope and tiny marking pen to plan sutures more precisely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Apr. 6, 1998 | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

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