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Admittedly, this is not a complete exposition of Lamont's argument. But that argument seems inherently worthless because it is not, as touted, "first hand," but secondhand, the result of "more than 650 interviews." Throughout, Lamont comes across as an interloper, a strange wanderer on the outside looking in. The punch line goes, "I was there--I know." Well, Lamont wasn't there, and it results in some embarrassing misperceptions. Lamont repeatedly yaps about the "crush in the libraries." What crush? The only crush I've ever seen at Harvard is in Q-world's pinball arcade during reading period...
...along with the Harvard Corporation, which he heads--has been in the news more than he might like as a result of the investment controversy. But the highest levels of University decision-making remain hidden from all but the most inquisitive students. That's the way Harvard has always operated, and nothing as transitory as student protest is likely to change...
...Nigerian and Algerian governments argue that the cuts are for purely technical reasons, to prevent the damage to their oilfields that would result if they continued indefinitely pumping out crude at recent rapid rates. Nigeria's claim may be partly justified, but Western oilmen charge that Algeria's alleged cutback is nothing more than a sleight of hand. Algeria is secretly selling the oil for top dollar to spot-market buyers. Reports a high oil company executive: "What appears to be a cutback is really just a diversion to the spot market. This is more than a suspicion...
...McDonnell Douglas has old Chandler connections), the Times was the first news organization to send a reporter to Oklahoma City to check on previous malfunctions of the plane that caused America's worst air disaster. The California Supreme Court is still in turmoil as a result of last November's Times story reporting that the court withheld politically sensitive decisions until after the election. And the Times put three months and about $2 million into a 32-page special section on oil-rich Mexico published July...
...high fence, and she notes, with satisfaction, that she rejected the director's offer of a double. She has a daredevil's face, marked by a scar that runs from the bridge of her once broken nose, across her right eyelid and down nearly to her cheekbone ?the result of too many falls in playgrounds. Not long ago, she finished filming Orphan Train, a CBS-TV movie, in which she plays a little girl who runs away from her job as a thief in a whorehouse...