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...Gabriel was loved and admired by many in Winthrop House. He was an inspiring thinker and a beautiful person and was a central figure in the life of Winthrop House." Winthrop House Senior Tutor Greg Mobley said in a telephone interview yesterday...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin and Andrew L. Wright, S | Title: Winthrop Senior Killed In Plane Crash in Andes | 1/5/1996 | See Source »

...well- wishers' coaxing, flattery and cajoling lured him into the momentary pleasure of grabbing the greatness "thrust" upon him. And with a militaristic strategy he used that occasion to promote the sale of his book in a nationwide tour. Otherwise, it was clear that a straight soldier and unruffled thinker of Powell's high caliber could not have kept everyone guessing up until the last moment. He must have assessed the very remote possibility of his success despite what his political soothsayers might have suggested. He knew well that the time was not yet ripe for him to jump into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 11, 1995 | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

Stephanie Gibbs (the Pupil) and Padraic O'Reilly (the Professor) worked together marvelously. Their timing was excellent and their flair for the absurd commendable. Through great costuming. O'Reilly had the exhausted, overworked look of a truly brilliant thinker--sunken-in eyes and a not-quite-close shave, combined with greasy hair and a slightly disheveled tuxedo...

Author: By Emily J. Wood, | Title: Ionesco's Apt Lesson Sends Up Its Own Questions | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

...some contributors expect things in return," Wolf said. "Large amounts of money influence access, but an honest representative will still be a free thinker...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: City Council Candidates Have Spent All-Time High | 11/1/1995 | See Source »

...course, if blacks react to whites' reaction to Farrakhan, whites react to blacks' reaction to Farrakahn. It is not unusual to hear whites saying, in effect, "Now that it's clear they hate us, it's O.K. for us to hate them." Glenn Loury, a conservative black thinker and Boston University professor, says, "Farrakhan makes it more respectable for white racism to flourish." That is a cop-out both blacks and whites must work to resist. "The threat to American democracy is not black racism," Loury says. "It's white racism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIRAGE OF FARRAKHAN | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

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