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...Every time someone makes a public confession, his audience grows conscious of their own secret sins. The mere presence of the confessor is mortifying, implicitly incriminating. The audience cannot take it. The more direct his approach, the more they want to get rid of him. Carnage ensues...
Despite University officials' assurances that they are working to rid the Quad of security hazards, some Quad residents are still uneasy. One woman filed a complaint with the Harvard Police last week after an off-duty security guard allegedly declined to make sure she safely made it across the Quad one night. The police placed an official letter of reprimand in his file...
...year-old mother who used to be a member of the Peace Corps. And his 11-year-old daughter lives in a tree house. And one sister rides a motorcycle and the other-sister is a faith healer. Do you know what that T.V. producer would say?" Pause. "Get rid of the faith healer...
...still enjoys his job, which he called the best in the newspaper business. "I don't live in fear of somebody taking a dislike to me and saying, 'Get rid of him.' I have a better job than Fred Silverman--and safer...You've got to add about $150,000 a year onto that--being your own boss--it's great...
...also seemed intent on trying to divide the workers from their intellectual backers. The official press last week stepped up its campaign against "antisocialist elements" and specifically denounced KOR, the dissident group that has been advising the strikers. Explained KOR's leader, Sociologist Jacek Kuron: "They want to rid the [independent labor] movement of activists so that they can take over and do what they did with the official trade unions...