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...Beacon Hill, eight minutes from here by subway, the same kind of natural laws prevail. As a result, state aid to cities and towns won't increase much this year; it may even go down. And who can blame the legislators? After all, they stand for reelection every two years as well...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Cambridge in the Red | 4/11/1980 | See Source »

...idealist, Carter tends to think that if a policy is right, it will somehow prevail. A proper moral stance, he seems to believe, is at least half the battle. He thus remains relatively indifferent to strategy, to making sure that all the pieces are in place and all the proper personalities consulted, that all the predictable consequences of an action indeed have been predicted. He tends to react rather than anticipate, to race from one crisis to the next, always hoping for the best. He often fails to see how one event is related to another in a binding chain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Flip-Flops and Zigzags | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...their sentimental material; they play off one another well. Since Ah, Wilderness rests on family love, the fine ensemble acting--rare in a Harvard production--redeems O'Neill's saccharine morality. We believe this family loves one another, even though we know love doesn't in real life, automatically prevail...

Author: By Katherine Ashton, | Title: Idyllic Innocence | 3/14/1980 | See Source »

Mobil's claim is just "backhanded economics," Calvin said, adding "If what I say is the facts, the facts will prevail, regardless of Mobil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calvin Says Green Plants Can Fulfill Energy Needs | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...years so thoroughly that a subsequent biography is unlikely. One fact remains: although it was lived in tumultuous times, surrounded by power and prestige, Maugham's life lacked transcending drama. The strain of maintaining his facade against a threatening world exacted its price. He survived; he did not prevail. -R.Z. Sheppard

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Man by the Sea | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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