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With classes over, academic obligations fulfilled, and released of responsibility, Leslie Greis seized the chance to play the most maddening of games on a perfect day on the Cape. Basking in the pleasant late-afternoon glow, she muses about the grand old game of golf. "It's a mental game, dominated by inconsistency, a sort of constant inconstancy." That's the reason Greis attacks the game and attacks it with a passion...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Greis: On the Attack | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...long as it tries, I will support it," she says. So despite her desire to enter the real world and carve a niche for herself, and her marked lack of nostalgia about graduating, Greis remains determined to keep in touch with the University in one way or another. Her pleasant memories result more fron her efforts than the institution's. "There's a lot of things offered here, and you have to motivate yourself to take advantage of them. Harvard should not have to wait on you hand and foot." She echoes many of her classmates when she says...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Greis: On the Attack | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...months later, the agency's general counsel reminded Fierra that the proposal was still sitting on his desk. In late April, about 30 residents "stopped being pleasant" and sat in on the DEQE offices downtown and marched to the State House to ask for new hearings on the plant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Step Forward, One Step Back | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...year-old involved with your 16-year-old. I want him very far away from her." Pat explains that he is not worried about age discrepancy, only that the husband might stab his son. "Let this one go," replies Grant. "You've described her as a pleasant young woman. Let your son go on experimenting with life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Dial Dr. Toni for Therapy | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...into your confidence. We thought it important he learn that lesson early." But Muskie says he genuinely likes his boss-to-be. "He's got a good mind. He works hard. He doesn't deserve all the harsh treatment he gets. Our personal relationship has always been pleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: He Won't Be Eaten Alive | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

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