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...defense contractors. "In fact, Star Wars never died," says TIME's Mark Thompson. "It went from butterfly to moth to larva to caterpillar; which means, basically, from weapons in space to weapons on the ground. And the Pentagon now talks about putting some sensors in space, creating a "thin" system that could stop five or ten missiles but not thwart a massive attack." Thompson says that Forbes may not be taking a big political risk in speaking up for some sort of anti-ballistic missile system. "Polls show that, depending on how you ask the question, Americans are concerned when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Forbes Foreign Policy | 1/25/1996 | See Source »

...disconfirm the valid presence of African-Americans at Harvard. Symbols have consequences. As race is America's" original sin," we will never be able to regard the "race problem" as "solved;" and even here in a community the celebrates rationality, civility and diversity, it is only a thin veneer of these admirable qualities that keeps in check the passions and paranoias that are always lurking just beneath the surface of our discourse. So I should not be surprised that a memorial to the southern dead at Harvard would seem to call into question Harvard's own commitment to the true...

Author: By Peter J. Gomes, | Title: Civil Wars and Moral Ambiguity | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

This last message is perhaps the most troubling, especially in light of the "backlash" described by Susan Faludi '81: the promotion of essentially sexist stories under a thin veneer of feminism. Rather than a cause for celebration, "Waiting to Exhale" sends mixed messages which should be cause for alarm...

Author: By Marian Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Waiting for a Good Movie? Don't Hold Your Breath | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...channel's Talk Soup, swipes his scenes from Hollywood belle du jour Julia Ormond and nearly matches Harrison Ford for easy radiance. In his first major film role, Kinnear seems comfy-cozy on the big screen, humanizing a character--Ford's playboy brother--who could easily be a thin, tennis-anyone anachronism. "He has a lot of charm," says Sydney Pollack, who first sought Tom Cruise for the role. "You like him immediately." No wonder: the play of emotions in Kinnear's eyes is subtle, suggestive; he makes contact enough to break a girlish heart. Sabrina may be sinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HOST MAN'S BURDEN | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

Food samples will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The student groups performing between noon and 10 p.m. will include the Harvard Band, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players and the On Thin Ice improvisation group...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Loker Grand Opening Set for Jan. 4 | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

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