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...awakening without precedent in history . . . At the same time, the world is undergoing a significant redistribution of economic and political power . . . Any attempt to create artificial obstacles to change for the sake of the status quo will merely foster U.S. isolation and irrelevance." The task, he said, "is to steer change in positive directions and to identify America with such change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Guiding Change | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Arguing that such environmental fears are exaggerated, pro-roaders see bonanzas at the ends of both highways. Despite the caution of Alaska state officials, the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce believes that the Haul Road could be bustling with so much traffic by 1985 that it will steer an extra $15 million a year into their city. The Dempster's boosters see one certain payoff. No longer will residents of Inuvik and the outlying Mackenzie Delta, where oil exploration is now being expanded, need to import most of their food, fuel, clothing, machinery and other supplies by expensive airfreight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Two Throughways to the Arctic | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Carl F. Rosen '80, vice-chairman of the assembly and a CDU member, said this week the CDU may soon begin to steer a path more independent of the assembly...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: The Party's Over | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

...looking for a really ritzy night on the town, or even a good dinner, steer clear of the Promenade. On the other hand, if you've always wondered what "Both Sides Now" sounds like on the harp, by all means pay it a visit...

Author: By William E. Mckibben and Nell Scovell, S | Title: Nice Try | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

True, even bad Shakespeare outdistances most of the pack, and Two Gentlemen could work onstage given sensitive direction and excellent acting. But most companies wisely steer clear of this play and opt for better known and better loved works that can carry their own weight. A performance of Two Gentlemen, in its original form (a musical version was produced here two years ago), is a justifiably rare bird...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Bad Bard in Boston | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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