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...couldn't help but think that Epps looked like a worried camp counselor underneath his cool veneer. For two hours, he was to be in charge of these Big Guns, a select group of men and women Harvard asks to go out and beat some equally select bushes for the University's upcoming capital fund drive...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: A Beginning and an End | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...possess your skills, but don't be possessed by them. You are entering a very select group. You have a monopoly on medical care. Please be careful not to abuse this power that you have over the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A M*A*S*H Note for Docs | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...agonizing question of "What price survival?" The cast is exemplary, and Jon De Vries as the tormented Keseberg sculptures a portrait of hell in ice. Toward the end, Polsky resorts to melodramatic devices that break the play's stark tension, but he is a welcome addition to the select company of playwriting naturals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Hell in Ice | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...rare event for South America, where today elected governments rule in only two of eleven nations, Venezuela and Colombia. Under the gaze of soldiers posted to ward off violence, 1.6 million Ecuadorians went to the polls last week for the first time in eleven years to select the leaders of their small (pop. 7.5 million) Andean country. Their choice for President: Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 38, a mild-mannered populist lawyer who won by a smashing 2-to-l ratio, despite a strong right-wing effort on behalf of his conservative opponent, former Quito Mayor Sixto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: The Generals Opt for Democracy | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...committee decided last month that "the giving of a gift does not entitle the donor to select a name nor does it obligate the school to accept the donor's wishes regarding names...

Author: By Susan K. Brown and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: Protest Has Smoldered Eight Months | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

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