Word: sides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glass that separates them from the best of everything is Dominick Dunne (The Two Mrs. Grenvilles). His latest is sodden with the sort of unimaginative stock characters that have tumbled out of all the rich-and-famous pseudo fiction of the 1980s. The setting is Manhattan's Upper East Side, the pricey arena where old-moneyed families quietly count their fortunes in the millions and the newly minted are loudly working on their second billion. Crass vs. class, with the usual results: money goes far but only so far. Characters suffer fates made familiar by recent headlines and gossip columnists...
SPOILS OF WAR. Kate Nelligan shows the dark side of an Auntie Mame-style mom in Michael Weller's off-Broadway memory play, through June...
...prepared to take outspoken positions. But she never expected that Harvard's brand of activism would involve so much tolerance on the University's part, and so much cooperation on the activists' side. She says Harvard activism is almost a cooperative effort between students and administrators, far from the direct opposition that characterized the movement in the 1960s and 1970s...
...This range of issues needs to be addressed, and has been put to the side in the recent preoccupation with appointments matters," Bok said. "I would hope that the next dean would engage the faculty in a harmonious and productive discussion and resolution of these issues...
...Boston jury this spring handed down its decision on the seven-year-old discrimination suit of a former Facilities Maintenance worker--Harvard was guilty of sexual discrimination. Neither side was happy with the outcome...