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That is why I can't understand, Director, why you continue to pay lip service in your letters to basic rights I suppose it may just be a ploy to escape harsh criticism from civil libertarians and students of history who perceive dangerous precedents for your ideas. In that case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Follow the Leader | 5/28/1982 | See Source »

Your article "America and Britain: The Firm Alliance" confirms what most Latin Americans already believe about the U.S.'s ties with its southern neighbors: when the U.S.'s concerns are at stake in a Latin American country, the action is decidedly to America's advantage; when the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 24, 1982 | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

He states that he is unaware that some tenants perceive that rent board members generally accord him a warmer reception that other, less experienced attorneys and most tenants. But he offers a possible explanation. "When I'm appearing before the board. I try to be courteous, which by the way...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: A 'Stumbling,' 'Mumbling,' 'Kangaroo Court': The Cambridge Rent Control Board | 5/19/1982 | See Source »

Emerson should not be understood too quickly. As William James explained, "Emerson could perceive the full squalor of the individual fact, but he could also see the transfiguration." Emerson had wonderful lines about the fallen world: "It seems as if heaven had sent its insane angels into our world as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Bishop of Our Possibilities | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

I wish to comment on Professor Jorge Dominguez's petulant but understandable protest against being telephoned at home by students and colleagues. His complaint is fair. If he has indeed made it clear that his privacy should be respected in this way, then violations of that injunction are rude. Perhaps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professorial Privacy | 5/1/1982 | See Source »

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