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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courses promise to be among the 20 most popular classes this year. More than 200 students this fall flocked to Gen Ed 105, "The Literature of Social Reflection," and Gen Ed 176, "Business in American Life," a phenomenon many attribute to the courses' broad, interdisciplinary approach, a rare commodity at Harvard...
...from a local newspaper's theater beat. Says Henry: "Every review has to answer the question, Why is this important enough for us to tell our readers about it? At TIME we tend to limit ourselves to events of great literary significance, those involving very famous people, or on rare occasions, those we find simply irresistible fun." For every show he reviews in print, he estimates, he sees seven or eight more, on Broadway and off, across the country, in Canada and Europe...
...what will happen at the forthcoming international synod of bishops. Pope John Paul II has called for the extraordinary session to commence in Rome on Nov. 25 to examine the implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council, which concluded 20 years ago. The synod will follow a rare, three-day meeting in Rome of the full College of Cardinals. Some alarmists fear that a rollback of the accomplishments of the reformist council is in the works. That is an extreme view, but the synod will reflect the struggles among Catholics over interpretations of the council's pronouncements...
Power outages also were a rare problem at Harvard, because the University buys electricity in bulk and operates its own distribution system, Kilduff said...
...education and atomic power. This Wednesday, ABC News presents a masterly three-hour chronicle of America's role in the world during the past 40 years, focusing on the cold war and U.S.-Soviet relations. Eight months in the making, 45/85 is a judiciously edited video parade filled with rare film footage, some of it broadcast for the first time. It also includes on-camera recollections of some 75 "witnesses," ranging from Stalin's interpreter to Ronald Reagan and his three White House predecessors...