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Which would imply that life itself is devoid of meanings: truths and insights, belong to the realm of statements about life. The Miss America show is more significant that Miss America herself; Time's cover article on Love Story and the Return to Romanticism says more about America than Love Story itself; and Love Story , in turn, says more about greed and obtuseness than Erich Segal's 5' 10" body. Its only a conjecture, but maybe the chicken gumbo sitting in your kitchen cupboard tells less about ourselves in this age of media and masscult than Warhols jazzy repro, resting...
...should the Queen be grievously affected by her loss of rights to hunt wherever she pleases, or to claim any sturgeon caught within her realm. The last sturgeon to be caught in British waters was indeed presented to the Queen in 1970, but the fish is rather scarce and besides, the Lord Chancellor whimsically suggested, it is in the process of being replaced as a delicacy "perhaps by canned tuna...
...common carrier" ruling, for instance, puts cable TV in an altogether different realm than network television by visualizing cable service in the same terms as telephone service; i.e., as a common carrier. This ruling precludes the possibility of censorship of any kind. Likewise, the FCC has gone a long way towards guaranteeing the decentralization of cable television by delegating the authority to grant franchises to local municipalities...
...Wilson Committee Report (1969) expressed for the first time an interest in expanding Harvard's realm of "responsibility" to include the outside community. Harvard's negligence toward Cambridge was an issue during the 1969 occupation of University Hall; and the Riverside neighborhood (around Mather House) has been a vocal opponent of Harvard's ivory tower policies. The concept of "institutional integrity" -of the University as self-containing and autonomous-has been rejected by all but the most elitist members of the community. Morality has been imposed on the University...
...gingerly moves toward liberalization undertaken by Franco's technocrats. Though the verdict was meant to embarrass Franco, he put it to masterful use. Acting swiftly-by tradition, death sentences are executed within twelve hours-Franco first summoned his Cabinet and then the prestigious Council of the Realm. Soon a short announcement from the Pardo Palace told the nation that Franco "has seen fit to commute all the death sentences." The six would still get life, which under Spanish law means a maximum of 30 years for the three convicted of one capital crime, and 60 years for the three...