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Anthony Oettinger, professor of Linguistics, proposed to the council that the catalog revert to the old listings, with titles--but the council decided this week to take a more radical step and simply list the unadorned names of professors. Students may not even notice the change, but if they do they should take comfort in the knowledge that in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, nothing happens by accident...
...Said one high-ranking State Department man: "Portugal hasn't abandoned the West yet, nor has it turned into what you could call a military dictatorship. None of us can believe that a country that so recently freed itself from one sort of dictatorship would lightly or easily revert to another sort of dictatorship. Let's wait and see what happens in the April elections...
...always wanted me to reassure him that he'd have no trouble getting a good job once he left Bridgewater. I tried to give him confidence, but realized that he had almost no chance because of the soaring unemployment rate and that under the circumstances he might easily revert to criminal behavior. Which could lead you to conclude that the success of a reading program--or any rehabilitation effort inside the prison--depends on what goes on outside the prison...
...regards as the all-pervasive standardization of American life. "I like to imagine that I am living in the 19th century," he told TIME'S Eileen Shields. "I call it an experiment. I am capable of discoursing in modern terms. But as soon as I am alone, I revert to my imagination, which is the past...
...whenever she was around her husband, she seemed to revert to the old "me"-plastic Pat, with the frozen appearance and forced speech. "Maybe she should carry a wind machine around to tousle her hair," says Helene Drown, a longtime California friend who grows impatient with people who do not realize how warm and lively...