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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fogg nor Sackler can boast of an equally broad display of one culture's objects d'art, a display which so illuminates that culture's history and aspirations. Consider, too, the Busch-Reisinger's "bucolic" locale, its small size and relaxed atmosphere--things which make it one of those rare student retreats so essential to the preservation of one's sanity come finals. I, for one, will sorely miss lunching in the Busch-Reisinger's sunny courtyard, attending organ recitals in Kuhn Hall, and dropping in to peruse the gallery on a rainy afternoon. If the administration needs more office...
...been receiving only placebos, or dummy drugs -- could immediately begin treatment with AZT. Furthermore, Windom has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration for speedy approval to distribute the drug to thousands of other AIDS victims, but only those who have also suffered from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a rare form of pneumonia that frequently afflicts AIDS patients. David Barry, vice president for research at Burroughs Wellcome, the pharmaceutical firm that produces the drug, stressed to reporters that AZT was "not a cure for AIDS but rather a treatment." Over the next few months, he said, "we will be continuing...
...Phillip Carver, 49, a bachelor who learns from his two older sisters in Memphis that their father, 81 and a widower, is planning to remarry. Phillip believes he has long since escaped Memphis and old associations; he works for a publishing house in Manhattan and collects rare books. But his live-in girlfriend Holly has just moved out on him, and he is lonely and therefore vulnerable to appeals from the past. There is also the matter of his father's "not inconsiderable fortune" and the possibility of an interloper's inheriting it. Phillip confesses, "I did think...
...black comedy of sexual manners, rookie director Spike Lee gathers the very biased and often hilarious testimony of all those involved with this charming creature. Bolstered by lovely photography, a luscious jazz score, and these sinfully rare perspectives (of blacks, a female rogue, and a lesbian), She's Gotta Have It is as elegant and bold as it is fresh and funny...
...peace scare" breaks out, terrorism increases, as King Hussein of Jordan is well aware. During the time he was trying to arrange for joint Jordanian- Palestinian negotiations with Israel, his diplomats in Ankara, Bucharest and Madrid were assassinated. The talks are off now, and Jordanians abroad are enjoying a rare respite from attack...