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...produced, a screenplay made into a movie, before a shift in policy halted public discussion of the Gulag. When invited to a Kremlin reception at the height of his official favor, Solzhenitsyn made a point of wearing worker's garb and a much patched pair of shoes to remind the Soviet leaders that their guest was a Gulag survivor...
Others recommend more advising for women, perhaps by installing advisers especially able to cope with women's issues. Dean Fox says he always asks each House master to include in his tutoring staff one such person. When pressed, though, Fox admits that this year he forgot to remind all of the masters to hire a women's adviser. Even when Fox does remember, few women student residents are aware of this service, primarily because women's advisers are not labeled as such. Fox says he does it this way because he prefers to "handle it (sexual harassment and women...
...Nguesso established diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pleaded urgently to be included in the papal visit. The Congo needs to court Catholicism to shore up its popular support and counteract the influence of revolutionary religious sects that seek to overthrow the government. John Paul used his visit to remind Congolese officials that religious freedom is "at the center of respect for all the inalienable rights of the individual...
...brace herself for the Sprints, Spencer will go through a psyching process. She will remind herself of the undefeated heavy boat's strength and determination. "Then I'll tell myself that it's only 1500 meters, only six minutes of my life, that we can kill ourselves for six minutes. I'm certain we can win," she says...
...perspective. It has emerged as only one in a long series of reforms stretching back at least to President Lowell's inclusion of curricular electives, and President Conant's Redbook which fostered General Education. As the reformers of every era drop out of sight, dramatic moves are necessary to remind those who remain of their responsibilities towards undergraduates. The content of reform matters less than the more fact that reform occurs. As the former chairman of one of the visiting committees put it, the new pressures are promulgated simply to "stir faculty members to pay attention to teaching undergraduates...