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...world anxiously looking on, representatives of union and church and state sat together on the podium, unified as Poles despite their differences, all hoping to change the face of Communism without bringing on Soviet intervention. "Our country needs internal peace," said Walesa. "I call on you to be prudent and reasonable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Want a Decent Life | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...LEAVE THE HALLS of power, and follow through the streets, Join us in a Yuletide round and see the souls we meet. Down the block there's Daniel Steiner--Of prudent lawyers there could be no finer. Across the Yard, Our Dean, Hank Rosovsky, Stares at the emptying coffers of his Faculty While armies of administrators trudge from dorm to dorm Studying conservation--and "calendar reform." For Dean Epps, may the New Year finally end the pain Of late-delivered newspapers, and students who deal cocaine. The Yard is filled with our friends and their faces--But of Arnold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Phantasm | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

UNTIL THE CORE is fully implemented, it may prove prudent for the subcommittees to refrain from imposing themselves on professors teaching Core courses. But what's politic is not always what's right. The people working on the Core have an obligation to create a standardized method for regularly reviewing offerings in the program. Establishing student-Faculty committees to evaluate courses in each of the five Core areas and then report their findings would prove workable and beneficial. But no system will work without the cooperation of professors teaching in the Core. For the sake of the program and students...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Keeping the Core From Rotting | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

...lesson in all such instances, as the wise have always told us, is the abiding value of silence. La Rochefoucauld, for example, got down to his usual brass tacks by calling silence "the best tactic for him who distrusts himself." It is not simply that silence is generally prudent; it also encourages the presumption of virtue, appearing-especially in times of adversity-as a sign of both discretion and suffering. How unlikely (goes the public reasoning) that a guilty party would endure calumnies without a peep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Letting Bad Enough Alone | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...times out of 100" the warnings are caused by equipment failure and "there is no need to evacuate until you're told to evacuate." Moser was quickly overruled by Lieut. General Lloyd R. Leavitt Jr., vice commander of the Strategic Air Command, who advised Verser that "a prudent thing to do would be to leave." Said State Senator Stanley Russ to Air Force officials: "People in my district don't believe one thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Geriatric Giants | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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