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Clay finds that the ruthlessness of Bicker is not meant to shape character, but to test it. Only those who possess the perfect graces of class and charm can successfully scale the ivied walls of discrimination...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Ceremonies of Exclusivity, Timeless Literary Questions | 9/21/1990 | See Source »

...totalitarian governments set up by the Soviets in Eastern Europe have given way to democratic movements. For Americans to be hostile to the Russians solely because we were taught so in our youths would be foolish now. I do not advocate throwing caution to the winds; the Soviets still possess awesome military might, being the only power that could totally annihilate the United States. However, to maintain our former hard-line stances would be impractical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: War May Be Necessary | 9/20/1990 | See Source »

...Crimson carries a modest four-game winning streak into the game and the game against Columbia at least featured an exciting result which could have gone to either team. The Huskies, on the other hand, possess an eight-game losing streak, have been outscored this year, 80-19 and lost a 37-3 thriller to powerhouse Youngstown State Saturday...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: The Defensive QB That Ruined the Lions' Strategy | 9/18/1990 | See Source »

...nine-member committee said Harvard's new leader should use the office to address national education issues. "The president should possess imagination, vision and the eloquence to express those qualities to the University and to the world," it said...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Committee Seeks Scholar President | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

Raised in a time of drugs, divorce and economic strain, the twentysomething crowd wants to postpone growing up -- at least according to the previous generation's rules. Members of the 18-to-29 group seem to possess only a vague sense of their own identity but a monumental preoccupation with all the problems the baby boomers will leave for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: July 16, 1990 | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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