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...nadir of gratuitous violence masquerading as moral message. What makes this especially curious is the true lack (in the first part of the movie, at least) of overt sex. The film really does try to convey a feeling of "nice guys finish first" while attempting to retain a real-world grounding...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Ruffed Up Tuff | 2/1/1985 | See Source »

...Harvard dining hall, sipped tea with Derek Bok or sat in on a Government tutorial meeting knows the thrill of formulating a blueprint for a better world. Yet once the security of the Ivy League vanishes, principles often take a back seat to practicality. Only when confronted with real-world choices do an individual's true values emerge...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: When Angels Fall Flat | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

While most students at the Law School prosecute mock trials in moot court. Greg Bialecki steps out of the classroom to learn about the real-world aspects...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Legal Advice--For Free | 2/18/1984 | See Source »

...imaginary world of video games has always been a treacherous place, full of alien star cruisers, speeding asteroids, menacing centipedes and ravenous Pac-Men. Such dangers, however, are hardly more fearsome than the real-world disasters now battering the manufacturers of the games. With the crucial Christmas season approaching, the once thriving industry is being zapped by overheated competition, an oversupply of games, relentless price-cutting, plunging profits and a new finickiness among young video fans. For the dozens of companies in the contest, the name of the game has suddenly become Survival. Admits President William Grubb of Imagic, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games Go Crunch! | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...feel that the profits Harvard might lose by taking the tenants' suggestion are more than balanced by the contribution of not passing the real-world costs of the project to poor Cambridge residents looking for apartments. As one tenant activist describes it. "It is not the question of the building and is it still there, but who lives there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Clear Choice | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

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