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...irrational" hope is that 30 years from now one of these souls sitting on a committee which controls an investment bank's loan policy may connect "racism" (having correctly identified the term on his Soc. Stud. generals) with loaning money to South Africa and veto such a policy. He will have changed things And he will have done so by putting on a pin striped suit and walking around Harvard Yard or spilling his guts on the Crimson's editorial page...
...once again divided up into East and West and at home compassion has given way to "realism," that self-serving philosophy of men threatened by a change in the fundamental order of things. Nothing to the upset about? Not at Harvard, where "imperialism" is an I.D. on your Soc. Stud, generals, where the Reagan tax cut means a boost in most people's "disposable family income." People feel differently in Jefferson Park, a mile to the northwest, where the housing project is going to slowly crumble and the Food Mart is going to be held up half a dozen times...
...fact that the sun always seemed to come out when F.D.R. was scheduled to speak. Roosevelt was superstitious and avoided 13 at dinner, but he knew perfectly well that "luck" is mainly a matter of shrewd ness and timing. Characteristically, he was an expert at seven-card stud poker, with one-eyed face cards wild...
...likelihood that other departments will not evaluate Social Studies theses on their own terms comes up again in the matter of thesis prizes. Prizes are awarded by department. Soc Stud has none of its own. While all Government theses are automatically considered for special government prizes, Social Studies' theses must be screened by Soc Stud, and only a few are forwarded for consideration. Furthermore, even if a Social Studies thesis is forwarded, it must compete in a department whose logic and terminology it does not necessarily employ...
...abstraction. Professional actors are neither trained nor eager to display themselves so ruthlessly for millions, and porno stars are unlikely to be convincing in a serious film's nonsex scenes. Audiences may have trouble shifting gears when a character they believe in suddenly impersonates a stag-reel stud. Suspension of disbelief breaks down, viewer becomes voyeur...