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...eventually became. As Huntington quite correctly points out, the 60s activists didn't accomplish a hell of a lot--they couldn't end the war for years, and they didn't change any basic institutions of our government. Desegregation was the only victory (an achievement that may yet prove transient), and even the civil rights movement was unable to even get a grip on the thornier question of economic rights for minorities. Indeed, the most discouraging portion of The Promise of Disharmony deals with the limits to reform--not only in the 60s but throughout our history. Beginning with...
...want to major in this--I want this to be the central focus of my studies at Harvard,'" Kates says. But the Committee on Women's Studies has no power to grant degrees or authorize joint majors. And because offerings in women's studies are "so random, scattered, and transient," Kates says she still believes that students are better off in the departments...
...rabbi spreading paradox and fantasy. She tries too hard. Fantasy requires a softer touch and more control than are found in these stories. Some of Ozick's figurative language is spell-breaking. The phrase "suckled the Nazi boot" seems to have dropped from a punk rock lyric. A "transient mirage" that teases the "medulla oblongata" is not only overwrought but inappropriate for this part of the brain...
...verdict to be reached. And in the meantime, the 30-percent annual turnover rate among clerical and technical employees in the Med Area would give the unit an entirely different face. Part of District 65's current dilemma stems from the fact that many eligible voters are transient workers, young and on the move. The older workers who stay tend to be more conservative, less open to the dramatic change the union's presence would stir...
...those at Stanford, possibly because of the gaps between treatments. Harvard Radiation Therapist James A. Belli, 50, says patients' response depends on how far their disease has advanced. "If the joints have not been structurally altered," says he, "the pain is almost completely eliminated." Side effects were transient and similar to those experienced by Hodgkin's patients: fatigue, sore throat and occasional diarrhea...