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Although Davis has since apologized to Social Studies concentrators in Winthrop House, insisting that his gripe was strictly with the University and the Social Studies committee, it is difficult to shrug off the suggestion that we are all somehow academically deficient...
...someone what this show was about, the chances are good that the answer will be a shrug. We examine the title. References to and images of straight lines do recur throughout the show. One actor tells us it takes four straight lines to play tic-tac-toe. Another says enormous straight lines, only visible from the air, were drawn on the ground in ancient times, possibly as runways for aliens. We learn language and letters have straight lines...
...that generally match their Japanese counterparts in quality, performance and fuel efficiency. (Only in one area, productivity, is the company seriously lagging behind its Asian rivals.) Why, then, has North American GM failed to import more of Opel's technology and know-how? GM executives in Europe tend to shrug at the question and point to the occasional instance of cooperation. Most notable: the Pontiac LeMans, which is in effect an Opel Kadett built in South Korea by Daewoo and shipped to the U.S. "I wouldn't rule out the use of Opel strategically, let's say if we needed...
Many women -- and fur-wearing men too -- are starting to think twice before they shrug on a fur and nip off to the office or the grocery store. Ever since she was called "animal killer" on the street, Susan Singer, a Manhattan executive, has been ambivalent about wearing her fur coat. So is New York department-store employee Suzanne Pandjiris, who still wears her mink but fears attacks by protesters. "It makes me nervous," she says...
...Many shrug off quakes but fret about nuclear power and radiation. That kind of paradox has become common among Americans generally. But just what constitutes an acceptable risk? -- After the Bay Area shake-up, Los Angeles could be next. -- On the opposite coast, the sound of rebuilding echoes in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. -- How five U.S. Senators helped save a shaky S&L that will cost taxpayers $2.5 billion...