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Northeastern did not possess the depth needed to challenge the Crimson. In the first running event of the day, the 400-meter relay, Harvard was forced to run by itself because Northeastern did not have a team--a foreshadowing of the absolute domination that would take place...

Author: By Jacqueline Blocker, | Title: Tracksters Split Against N.U. | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...condescend to popular art. Richard is a fussy young teacher at an obscure English university who becomes obsessed with an older, well-known woman novelist -- a figure like Muriel Spark or Anita Brookner. But unlike most of the weedy egotists who make convenient satirical heroes, Richard manages to possess his idol, whom he refers to as JL, and even marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Critics Who Condescend | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Naturally, an undergraduate reviewer cannot be expected to possess the depth of knowledge necessary to recognize departures from convention every week and then to analyze them. They must restrict themselves to the honorable trade of college reviewers: helping readers decide how to spend the weekend. Pachter spends virtually all of his review relating (1) what Beckett plays are like to watch (i.e. unconventional, disturbing), and (2) how the actors were to watch He gives two scant sentences to the director's choices. He never hints at issues of staging or interpretation, such as the show's conformity with or departures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviewing Ex Shows Discourages Innovation | 3/14/1990 | See Source »

Make wake-up calls. Sleep is a privilege during the final hours. When writers attempt to "catch a couple of minutes," make sure they get only a couple of minutes, not a second more nor less. Thesis writers possess a mental calendar that must never be violated, lest the thesis suffer. As a Thesis Network member, you must be constantly vigilant...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Unsung Heroes of the Thesis War | 3/7/1990 | See Source »

...bring both sides to compromise. Despite his advancing years and his near fatal bout with tuberculosis in 1988, he was described by a visitor to Victor Verster as "very nimble, alert, self-confident, charismatic, not a mere symbolic leader but someone who is in touch with events." Few others possess the pragmatism that Mandela has honed over the years, which may enable him to grow from a facilitator of negotiations to a reconciler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: At the Crossroads | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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