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Reagan might have known that Harvard was one of the few universities not to succumb to his charisma in the 1984 election. Or maybe he was miffed that Derek Bok had decided to end the tradition of handing out honorary degrees to the anniversary speakers due to faculty grumbling. When the K-school is giving Ed Meese and Cap Weinberger specially minted commemorative medals for the Kennedy School's 50th, it's not unreasonable that their boss might expect a little piece of sheepskin from the University...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: A Ridiculous Excuse | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...scrappy Crimson failed to succumb to the swarming pressure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icewomen Deadlock Big Red | 1/13/1986 | See Source »

...flaky favorite of Richard who flits about with a brightly colored silk scarf. Kristin Gasser is superb as the forlorn and lonely Queen to Richard who suffers from "nameless woe." Gasser is particularly effective in her final departure scenes with Richard. Jennifer Burton, Diane Paulus and Caroline Bicks occasionally succumb to overacting and have yet to master the art of walking like men, but are strong characters overall...

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Groundling Room Only | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

...despair. One small remem brance of that sunny season that has yet to succumb. Steven Spielberg's summer hit Back to the Future is still playing at the Sack Charles, and we need it now more than ever...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Let's Do the Timewarp Again | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...England Journal of Medicine article called "Anatomy of an Illness," Norman Cousins, then the erudite editor of the Saturday Review, described how he had cured himself of spinal arthritis by adopting a healthy mental attitude, laughing a lot and taking vitamin C. Other diseases, Cousins implied, might also succumb to positive thinking. The article struck a responsive chord. It was reprinted in other medical journals, supported by letters to Cousins from some 3,000 doctors, and eventually expanded by the author into a briskly selling 1979 book of the same name. Despite complaints from other doctors who studied the Cousins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Can Attitudes Affect Cancer? | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

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