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Some instructors were openly hostile to women. Not being of the scientific bent, I was thrilled to discover that I could meet my scientific requirement with a course in geography. I had been warned that Mr. Kemp, the instructor, was a rabid misogynist, but I couldn't believe that a university as prestigious as Harvard would tolerate such a thing. So two of my friends and I signed up for the course. Mr. Kemp took an instant and immediate dislike to my two friends. He would call them "sister," openly disparage what they said in class, and gave...

Author: By Aida K. Press, RADCLIFFE CLASS OF 1948 | Title: Alumna Recalls 'Best of All Possible Worlds' | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...Other Stories, Gaddafi's book mostly covers things that chafe him, including football, rock music and especially cities: "Flee from the lethargy and waste, the poison and boredom and yawning. Flee from the nightmare city," he writes. People, also, are a problem: "Your breath chases me like a rabid dog, its saliva dripping in the street of your modern city of insanity." Movie rights, apparently, are still available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...short, The Crimson needs nihilists, libertarians, monarchists, rabid capitalists, socialists, Darwinists, communists, snobs (individuals who are so brazen about the joys and benefits of wealth and privilege that anyone whose family earnings fall below $500,000 would blush), situationists, anti-intellectuals, religious "fundamentalists" and absolute ironists (those whose ideological positions no one can clearly pin down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Extreme Views Needed | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...ever there was justification for TIME's weekly format, the coverage of this story is it. After days of rabid TV and newspaper reporting, it was a pleasure to see the situation put into perspective. Keep up the good work! STEVE SANDO San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...After Tuesday night's Karla Faye weeper, "Nightline" was back to nuts and bolts with explainers on two enemies Clinton can't do without: the rabid right and the ravenous press. The press segment was better, a cameraman's-eye view of a grand jury stakeout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Word | 2/5/1998 | See Source »

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