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Nabokov is innocent of such salaciousness, though undoubtedly Lolita's paperback sales depend on it. In his novel, he skirts pornography on one side and moralizing on the other, traveling a high road of precise plot construction and delicately tuned poetry, elevating the sordid story to a level of intensity...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: A Statutory Drama | 2/14/1981 | See Source »

These organizations have always been strapped for funds, and minorities have a tiny pool of wealthy alumni to draw on for support, given the exclusion of Third World students for the first 330 years of Harvard's existence. Furthermore, the report does not deal directly with a key element of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Only The First Step | 2/3/1981 | See Source »

Belgrader will have none of that. In this American Rep production, he leaves the issues in the play to speak for themselves and devotes his energies exclusively to the play's formal frame, tapping on some rotting beams and occasionally taking ax to them. His chosen weapon is extravagant caricature...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Some Aversions to Pastoral | 9/17/1980 | See Source »

As the second week of competition began, some 380 U.S. Olympians traveled to Washington to enjoy a five-day, $950,000 tribute sponsored by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Some of the athletes had contemplated staying away to protest the boycott, but in the end more than 90% of those who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Warsaw Pact Picnic | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

But Chandler questioned what he termed a "double standard." Charging that the determination of what constitutes proper attire was arbitrary, Chandler, who wore a suit to work yesterday, asked, "Why are dungaree skirts and spaghetti straps all right while my shorts are not?"

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Wearing Shorts Deemed Inappropriate | 8/8/1980 | See Source »

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