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...author is torn between writing a history, a policy paper and a manifesto--and each section suffers be cause of his confusion. His history of children and youth is filled with amazing generalizations and couched in infantile language. With sentences like "children were an important part of what was happening in the American colonies," and "'make love, not war' was a popular '60s slogan, and many people did," Loiry sabotages his own credibility as a serious scholar. He seems unable to determine what audience he is speaking...

Author: By Jean E. Engelmayer, | Title: Keeping An Eye on the Children | 3/15/1984 | See Source »

...torn between [Walter F.] Mondale and [George S.] McGovern, but I voted for McGovern on principle," Elisabeth A. Keating '86 of Dunster House said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Go to Polls; Hart Receives Strong Support | 3/14/1984 | See Source »

...International Association of Machinists. "This was never Congress's intent." U.A.W. President Owen Bieber forecast more strikes and less conciliation. Said he: "It won't make sense for a union to grant adjustments to an ailing employer on Monday, merely to have that revised agreement torn up on Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bankruptcy as an Escape Hatch | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...love to see Cornell win," says Isaac Kramnick '59, chairman of Cornell's Government Department. "Yes, I know that I went to Harvard. It's even my 25th reunion year, but I'm not torn at all between the two schools. It's about time that the Cornell basketball team...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: You Call It | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

...physical, aggressive game, the Classics, a team of Harvard undergraduates in uniforms of blue and gold, defeated a team of inmates clad in cutoffs and torn yellow mesh jerseys...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: Classics Visit Walpole Prison, Escape With 124-91 Victory | 2/23/1984 | See Source »

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