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However, if the Administration still feared that undergraduates might succumb to the unnatural urge to socialize even after such an exhausting day, they could simultaneously ban all halogen lamps (making themselves happy) and open all libraries 24 hours a day (making students happy). That should quell any fears of too much social activity...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: Keep Hope Alive | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...paradox for small airlines like Midwest is that they too may succumb to the swings in traveler demand to which the big airlines are particularly vulnerable. Thus far Midwest has succeeded because of its rural network and boutique-customer culture, but the strong economy has also played an important role. At the moment, of course, the economy's future also looks golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRBORNE PROFITS | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...unifying theme of Messenger is simple but powerful: people should support their friends and family but resist the spiritually draining mores of society as a whole. "They would like to see me succumb into society," Luciano sings on the defiant Never Give Up My Pride. But message never overwhelms Messenger; its melodies, friendly and frisky, keep the listener disarmed and relaxed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: RASTA REBEL | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls? I hope not, because I'm a member of that generation. In the weeks to come, as we try to make sense of the death of two of the youngest, richest, best-known black men in America, we'll probably succumb to a natural temptation to divide the "good kids" from the "hip-hop kids." I'm not buying it. I grew up listening to hip-hop. In elementary school I tuned my radio to the techno-influenced chant Planet Rock and innocent party jams like Rapper's Delight. By high school and college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALL EYEZ ON US | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...title character, a soldier with an unfaithful wife and illegitimate child. Woyzeck is beaten up, experimented on and tortured until he snaps back, turning on the one thing he loves, his wife. His progression of distrust and anger leads him not only to doubt, but also to succumb slowly and miserably under a tide of filth and oppression...

Author: By Luke Z. Fenchel, | Title: 'Nature Unidealized, Transmogrified Humans' | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

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