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...going to nail them to history's pillar of shame," predicted Peking's People's Daily. Zhang Youyu, China's most famous lawyer and legal scholar, was quoted as saying that "no sentence could be considered too heavy." He added that "just because we have a principle of leniency does not mean that some counter- revolutionary criminals cannot be sentenced to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Gang of Four on Trial | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...fall of stellar performances by Harvard sports teams, the men's soccer team enjoyed one of the best seasons. It's just a shame nobody ever made the trip down to the Business School field to watch...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Change for the Better | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...shame too, because the cast assembled for this film is quite remarkable. Anthony Hopkins is more than capable of showing a complex man at work. Dr. Treves, it shouldn't be forgotten, made his name in English society thanks to his "discovery" of the Elephant Man. Why is he never given a moment of self-congratulation? As for John Hurt's performance, it is shrouded by the sheer physicality of the role. Inexplicably, he is a totally sweet, naive man right from the moment he is rescued from a life of degradation. Where are the anger, the mistrust and hostility...

Author: By Jacoba Atlas, | Title: The Elephant Man | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

...movie can offer such tedium in scene after scene and expect to grab and hold the emotions of its audience. It's a shame someone with Paul Simon's talent and knowledge of the music industry could not turn such a potentially interesting story into a better film...

Author: By William F. Powers, | Title: Mellow but Righteous | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...must faithfully defered the best interests of their unions. On the other, they must find some way to deal effectively with the University's stubborn attitude toward its support services. Ed Powers, Harvard's chief contract negotiator and counsel for labor relations, once said, "It would be a shame to drain resources unnecessarily to our support services. Harvard is primarily an educational institution...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A Laborious Task | 11/15/1980 | See Source »

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