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Though he has met with American officials over the past two weeks, it is not yet clear whether Waite has anything of substance to offer the kidnapers in exchange for their freeing the Americans. The captors have continued to demand as a quid pro quo the release of 17 Shi'ites jailed in Kuwait for terrorist attacks on the French and American embassies and other installations. So far, the U.S. and Kuwait have been unwilling to consider a deal...
...funny. Readers of his syndicated columns never have to worry about the embarrassment of laughing out loud in packed trains or at crowded lunch counters. In addition, Buchwald's wit is a comfort, not a goad. He is like a town crier assuring the citizenry of the status quo: the sheep are still in the toxic meadow, the cows in the surplus corn, the politicians reliably hypocritical and venal...
...friend. But it is not Apted's failing that he refuses to unearth tabloid headlines for his young-old friends. As it is, he has a big enough story: the end of childhood dreams, and the notion of maturity as surrender to somebody else's status quo. --By Richard Corliss MURPHY'S ROMANCE...
...We’re leaping more often than not into an unknown,” he said. “There is no such thing any more as status quo. Too much is shifting too fast and too quickly...
...courses that will challenge your intellect and your conceptions of the world. Participate in discussions that force you to defend how you think, and never be afraid to change your mind. Most importantly, understand that Harvard draws from two different pools of peoplethose who want to be the status quo and those who want to change it. Far too often, those who come to Harvard to change the world have their idealism and creativity sapped by what they feel to be a suffocating atmosphere. Instead of thinking this way, and becoming bitter and isolated, those who want to change...