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...deserves a massive vote of confidence in any referendum University Hall chooses to hold. But it also deserves to be freed from the harassment of whimsical, politically timed referenda that University Hall dreams up to stir up a little trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Political Shenanigans | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...security measure, the Saudis are banning Iranian pilgrims from visiting Shi'ites in the east on their way to Mecca. Khomeini's strategy is to pack the ranks of pilgrims with Muslim zealots, known as Hezbollahis (members of God's party), as he attempts to stir up trouble in Saudi Arabia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Terror | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

Boutique browsers have snapped up more than 100 pairs since the jeans went on display in May. At one shop a businessman bought two pairs each for himself and his wife. Such conspicuous consumption, though, has caused a stir. A Singapore newspaper called the blue-jeans binge "nothing less than barbaric," and the government broadcasting company banned further TV ads, telling Yane that the jeans are "exploitation of the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Singapore Chic and Shock | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...help. At the same time, the course was rescheduled from its usual slot to an intensive three-week January miniterm. The switch and the choice of a white teacher were "insulting," said Muhammad Kenyatta, head of the 125-member Black Law Students Association. Kenyatta has created a major stir on campus by calling for a boycott of the course by students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Point of Hue | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

Thus far, there is only one mouche in the onguent: the hotel's premier restaurant, supervised by the renowned chef Jacky Freon and set partly in a breathtaking patio garden, has yet to stir much enthusiasm among Parisians. Though it has a 16 (out of 20) rating from Gault et Millau, the authoritative Paris columnists (awarded before the hotel opened), other critics have found the restaurant memorable mostly for the Mozart played by a string trio at mealtimes. In any event, despite Halt's philosophy ("A guest should never have to stir outside his hotel"), Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotel for the Rich | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

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