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...admissions officers returning from recruiting trips now talk about another problem entirely. More than in recent years, says one, "We've had to restrain the alumni" from promising too much. Prospective applicants, it seems, are hearing too positive a message and applying on the assumption that Harvard will take care of everything--an assumption which despite all Harvard's protestations of "full aid to need" is not exactly the case...
...Jesus." It invokes a biblical vision of peace to reach its clear theme: "We must continually say no to the idea of nuclear war." It also draws on the theological theory of a "just war," first propounded in the 5th century by St. Augustine, who justified force to restrain those who would harm the innocent. Since Vatican II, some Catholics have rejected the just-war theory in favor of a pacifist option. But ironically, many of the more activist priests, who have supported revolutionary struggles in the Third World, advocate extending the theory by loosening the traditional restriction that just...
...colleague teased Senator Robert Dole, the Kansas Republican who fashioned the original bill. Actually, the wholehearted support of Senator Kennedy and other liberals was no laughing matter, since it threatened to alienate potential conservative backers. Majority Leader Howard Baker quietly sent a message to Democratic leaders asking them to restrain any public proclamations from colleagues. As it turned out, eleven Republicans decided to abandon ship, but enough Democrats voted for it to push the bill over...
loopholes, cut back defense spending and further restrain entitlement programs, especially Social Security. That challenge dwarfs this one. But if Reagan has grown bigger than supply-side economics, if he has grasped the meaning...
...WARM WEATHER and musky smell of subway construction from the Square has a profound effect on the youthful hormone system, and this creates problems for the proctors as well as the Harolds of summer school. Naturally you have a professional duty to restrain from philandering with the guests, but when opportunity knocks at 3 a.m., wondering if you have a match when you've said repeatedly that you can't stand smokers--well, you do the best...