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...trying to enhance its reputation as the leading theological school in the country, Harvard Divinity School has balanced itself on a budgetary razor's edge. A variety of progressive curriculum innovations in the last four years-in women's studies. Jewish-Christian relations and other multicultural approaches to religion-have boosted enrollment substantially, but the Divinity School has had a hard time finding the money...
...more clearcut example of trendiness is the Sid Vicious reincarnation stationed between the stacks in Lamont. The Punk and Ivy League lifestyles are not only incongruous, they are also mutually exclusive: No genuinely sordid and cynical Punker worth his razor blades would spend four years on the grounds of an alligator stronghold studying towards a Bachelor...
...supreme self-confidence (he is doubt less the only White House official who cuts his own hair) is accompanied by a razor-sharp intellect. In 1982, during the impending crisis in Social Security funding, Darman suggested forming a bipartisan commission to put the system on more solid financial footing. Currently he is heavily in volved in the White House negotiations with Congress on ways to find a "down payment" on the U.S. deficit. Says Deaver: "Darman is the best strategist in the White House when it comes to dealing with Congress." He can, however, be abrasive; some key legislators have...
...coming razor-close to dunking Duke, Harvard has proven itself--once and for all--a team to be taken very seriously in league competition. Co-Captain Monroe Trout seems to have recovered from his nagging injuries. McLaughlin has discovered new depth in the backcourt by granting adequate playing time to freshman Keith Webster. For these reasons--and some more--Harvard's season record of 7-9 (3-3 in the Ivies), is a bit deceiving...
...scuttled into the sanctuary through a wide-open door. The building should have been secured against felines, and thieves as well. During the previous night, however, intruders had forced a shutter of one of the chapel windows. Once inside, they cut away the altarpiece with a razor blade and marched out the front door with their prize: an 8-ft. by 7-ft. canvas, the Nativity, painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1609. The uninsured masterwork was valued at $3 million...