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...Michael Abram, has begun to serve the function--unique in Harvard history--which the bipartite constitution outlined for it. That document left to the HUC all the relatively boring and trivial issues of administration which had drawn its predecessor into dark lecture rooms and damp motorcycle lots. The HUC was to concern itself solely with academic policy. The Berkeley riots, which occured shortly before the new government began, highlighted the growing student interest--around the country--in educational policy. The HPC seemed a promising vehicle for converting interest into constructive reform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For a "Yes" Vote Tomorrow | 12/7/1965 | See Source »

...soon be turning themselves inside out to give customers two costumes in one. Instead of going home to change, the day may come when a businessman can arrive at work in a grey worsted, leave in a black dinner jacket. All that stands in the way is the trivial matter of how to make it fit both ways-and what to do about the pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Products: Stuck on Each Other | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...fornication" statute is rarely enforced, the Cliffies were told. "Police checking something as trivial as neighbor complaints of noisy parties in residents' apartments sometimes stumble over couples living together," a head resident said. "Nearly all arrests under the law are 'accidental...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cliffies Warned of Arrest Inder 'Fornication' Laws | 9/29/1965 | See Source »

...Wall Street. One of the few cheerful notes involved the price of the pound itself, which remained steady for the second straight week without support from the Bank of England, thanks chiefly to the encouraging fact that Britain's trade gap for July fell to a trivial $2,800,000. There was some economic news to grin about too, including efforts by a big oil company to grab more of the country's gasoline market by hiring bikini-clad station attendants to give away one gallon free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: BRITAIN Clouds of Recession | 8/27/1965 | See Source »

...boardroom conference table in tantalizing finery, Christie evokes an image of corruption that might well tempt a gentleman to corporate risks. She is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity, an authentic contemporary creature whose every misstep makes thousands leer. Because her passions are only skin-deep, her tragedy is trivial. But at every toss of her blonde mane, every shard of a smile, all else on the screen becomes mere backdrop. Her stunning presence-and Schlesinger's stylish tracking of a playgirl's progress -makes Darling irresistible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Playgirl's Progress | 8/13/1965 | See Source »

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