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However, in a restless quest for the truth, I decided to approach a sociologist, which is an academic term meaning "no fun at parties"--but none of this species was available for comment, with attribution, for this column...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: My Country Tis of Tree | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

Brilliant, however, is an appropriate term for both Crimson goals yesterday afternoon, inasmuch as anything can be brilliant in such miserable weather...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Crimson Blanks Wildcats, 2-0 | 9/25/1985 | See Source »

...solutions to the South African problem as purely political and meaningless. This assumption of moral rectitude constructs an artificial barrier between different ways of dealing with South Africa. And it is this assumption which paralyzes the Harvard community and impedes any effort to cooperate and make a real, long-term contribution to the 22 million South African Blacks...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Moral Fences do not Make Good Neighbors | 9/25/1985 | See Source »

...investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and a guest at last week's meeting: "Europe is exporting poultry, beef and all the things we sold them in the '50s, '60s and '70s." Hormats, who had been Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs in the first Reagan term, said that even India, a traditionally hungry giant, may start exporting agricultural goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing to a Foreign Tune Time's | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...school--is known to suffer from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, the dread disease known as AIDS. But the parents of children at P.S. 63 in Queens, one of the city's 622 elementary schools, were not taking any chances last week. As the school opened its doors for the fall term, 944 of its 1,100 students stayed home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Untouchables | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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