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Neustadt crafted a memorandum for the committeeurging it to look for a successful politician torun the Institute and be a lightening rod for thestudents considering elective office. Thornburgh"symbolizes in his person the things that ought tobe encouraged," Neustadt said...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Appointment of Ex-Governor Marks New Educational Purpose for IOP | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...Many colleges freely dispense guidance tothose beyond their walls, and such guidance is tobe welcomed in a free society; but colleges thataim, as they might put it, to 'lead' society'sconscience on various social problems should not,when faced by a real problem within theircompetence to deal with, duck or throw up theirhands...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Bennett: Harvard Epitomizes Failures in Higher Education | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

...queen deliberately strove to provide herson with an education equivalent to that of a sonof upper-class British parents and raised him tobe acquainted with friends of his age group...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: The Man Who Will Be King | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

Emmons said the club owes the University aboutthe same amount it did in 1981, when the Puddingtook out mortgages totalling about $125,000 tohelp pay off debts. In that year, the club owedthe University $25,000 for its heating, telephoneand maintenance services. That amount was said tobe highly unusual for a student organization toowe Harvard...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Hasty Pudding Close to Deal for Sale Of Holyoke St. Clubhouse to Harvard | 8/8/1986 | See Source »

...solemnly attended to the stilted dialogue, leaden performances and not-so-special effects. But today's cognoscenti find the dew of nostalgia on these pictures, then wink and say, "They're so bad, they're good." Smart directors stoke the trend with camp updates of the olden turkeys. In Tobe Hooper's remake of the 1953 Invaders from Mars you can see tongues burrowing into cheeks on both sides of the camera. Sometimes, though, directors can outsmart themselves. Invaders from Mars is so good at mimicking '50s mediocrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Everything New Is Old Again | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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