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...professionalism, and for all that students allow some insidious notion of "usefulness" to determine what they study, we are all fortunate to attend a school where Linguistics 161: "Structure of Wiyot" is happily offered to any and all takers. So join the line for 161, or try to resist the catalogue's description: "Description and study of an American Indian language no longer spoken...
...turn off the current of this newest electronic revolution. Even the biggest drawback to processors, their size, is shrinking. Sony, master of the mini, recently introduced a 3-lb. briefcase-size keyboard unit capable of storing text to be printed out later. A few stubborn novelists and historians may resist until the final pencil stub and the last typewriter ribbon, but in the final chapter, the processor will win. As Cerf concludes, "I have seen the future, and it glows." -By J.D. Reed. Reported...
Most of the incoming Politburo members appear to share Kania's centrist position. Two important exceptions: Interior Minister Miroslaw Milewski and Construction Worker Albin Siwak, both conservatives. They are expected to ally with the old Politburo's one surviving hardliner, Stefan Olszowski, to resist further political reforms...
...presentation of small bottles of artists' ink to the members of Congress who had voted 19 months ago to give Chrysler up to $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees. On the bottles of black ink were the labels NOW BEING USED BY THE CHRYSLER CORP. Unable to resist winning a little more publicity for his products, lacocca arrived at the club driving a prototype of a 1982 Chrysler Le Baron convertible in its first appearance on public streets...
...work or play, everybody emits wordless signals of infinite variety. Overt, like a warm smile. Spontaneous, like a raised eyebrow. Involuntary, like leaning away from a salesperson to resist a deal. Says Julius Fast in Body Language: "We rub our noses for puzzlement. We clasp our arms to isolate ourselves or to protect ourselves. We shrug our shoulders for indifference." Baseball pitchers often dust back a batter with a close ball that is not intended to hit but only to signal a warning claim of dominance. The twitchings of young children too long in adult company are merely involuntary signals...