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...disassociate itself from the South Africa question but must remain involved. The proponents of divestiture would want us to walk away from the problem. In so doing they contribute little to help change the very unacceptable conditions in South Africa. Students should be totally unconvinced by this self-righteous stance. The South African problem is not in determinable and Harvard University can play an important role in influencing change...
They are not one of those old brothers acts like the Everly, the Smothers or the Righteous, but Randy and Dennis Quaid occasionally find their separate acting careers intersecting. And the assignment is to play brothers. It happened first when they starred as scruffy outlaw brothers in the 1980 film The Long Riders. This week they will be paired again as they take over the leads in the New York City production of True West, Playwright Sam Shepard's role-switching psycho-comedy. Randy, 33, portrays a degenerate con artist who scuttles out of the desert to antagonize...
...legions of eager critics will not have James Watt to kick around any more. Indeed, Watt will probably be most remembered for the kind of righteous, goading declarations that finally forced his resignation: long before his crack about "a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple," Watt had said that the electorate is composed of "liberals and Americans" and that Beach Boys fans are riffraff. But Watt did more than just make inflammatory pronouncements. He pushed through radical changes in Interior policy, most of which are likely to endure at least as long as Ronald Reagan is President...
...Cajun treasure hunter, a righteous Southern lawyer, a group of feuding heirs, a Harvard scholar named Dr. Brain and a tribe of Indians become embroiled in a dispute over relics excavated from a forgotten Indian village. No less than four lawsuits result...
...Says Gerald Caplan, a law professor at George Washington University who served as LSC's president for six months last year: "A lot of attorneys there deserve credit for working under the most adverse circumstances, which is noble. But they were also some of the most contentious, self-righteous people I've ever met. They need containing, but not dismemberment." - By Michael S. Serrill. Reported by David S. Jackson/Washington, with other bureaus