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...table at Josef Niehues' house is elegantly laid -- sparkling glass, glistening silver, fine china, all arrayed around a platter filled with white asparagus and ham, a seasonal delicacy. But the seven men, immersed in conversation, pay scant attention to either setting or food. The discussion, about something that happened four decades ago, still rivets their attention: Was one of their teachers then an apologist for Nazism or merely an outspoken nationalist...
Phillips sees signs in a few polls that middle-class Americans are ready to ! reject Reagan's era of neglect toward the poor. But, so far, signs of any sort of populism are scant, even among Democrats who presumably would harness it. The U.S., still largely dominated by self-reliant escapees of a stratified Europe, has been disinclined to believe that Government should help narrow the gap between rich and poor. Only 29% favor the idea, according to a recent poll. The concept became particularly distasteful in the 1960s, when the push for civil rights redefined equality largely in racial...
...even if we did ignore the few lingering campus activists and paid scant attention to the social problems that swept up to the very edges of campus--such as homelessness, AIDS, racism an poverty--none of us today can escape the questions: What should we do with the benefit of a Harvard education? Do we have an obligation to fulfill...
...There is scant precedent for such a reversal. Goaded by financial necessity, women's colleges have increasingly been forced to choose between two futures: going coed or going under. Since 1960 the number of such schools has dwindled from 298 to 93, with more dominoes poised to fall. "Women still perceive a need for separate-sex education," says Donna Shavlik, director of the office of women in higher education at the American Council on Education. "But whether colleges can continue to offer it and still maintain their economic health is another question...
...What scant vigor remains in American capitalism is mostly due to the indestructible J.R. Ewing, who is still spouting business maxims like "He's my kind of man -- bribable." Only thirtysomething tries to replicate the real-life stress of middle management, the ulcer-producing anxiety normally reserved for commercials hawking business phone systems and airlines. At a time when America needs role models of scientists, engineers and factory managers striving to keep ahead of the Japanese, all prime time offered were Elliot's self-indulgent efforts to direct a public-service spot worthy of Fellini...