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Though today's tag lines--most of which are written by a Chicago advertising firm--are of a more traditional, fortune cookie vein ("People with clenched fists cannot shake hands"), they persist. Those who read them ought not to shun the cryptic messages, but should "be thankful for the opportunity to be thankful...
...ultimate solution to the nation's health-care woes [July 12] must come not from Washington, as you suggest, but from the people. They alone have the power to stop smoking, lose weight, shun fatty foods, drink less, avoid accidents, exercise regularly and manage stress as productively as possible. After all, burning less gasoline, among other conservation measures, brought down the price of fuel...
...same reflective scrutiny is evident in his policy towards his public pronouncements. As his new book Beyond the Ivory Tower argues, he believes institutions should shun collective statements he seems highly critical of those who fail to evaluate issues completely. For instance, he rejects as simpleminded others criticism that the Corporation. Harvard's equivalent of a board of directors cannot adequately represent the entire University because it is composed solely of white males. Launching Corporation actions during the last decade he observes that since 1970 the University has adopted sex-blind admissions and financial aid policies instituted full athletic opportunities...
...casually buy ten books." Industry experts predict that by 1990 more than half of all books will originate in soft-cover-a situation that prevails in Europe today. And many of the hard-cover editions will be mere tokens, published in small amounts for libraries, for reviewers who shun paperbacks-and as a boost for authors' egos...
...June could lay far better claim to being more than sheltered rich kids. The notion of "separate but equal" has no standing in the world of Harvard Houses. In that world, the biggest losers are those undergraduates--white or Black, athlete or scholar, public or private school graduate--who shun contact with those who are different...