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Certain acts, such as unwanted sexual invitations, unwelcome physical contact or pressure for dates, are obvious. Men tend to define harassment almost solely in terms of sex. But the survey showed that only 2% of untenured women and 1% of women graduate students reported overt sexual abuse, such as assaults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Fair Harvard, Are You Fair? | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

A woman's outlook is shaped by fears and intimidations that lie outside of the average man's experience. Her freedom of movement is circumscribed in ways that a man's is not, because the consequences of her actions are potentially more devastating. A man walking alone at night might...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

The ongoing U.S. invasion is the most immediate concern though, and it constitutes a terrifying precedent. Had the several hundred American citizens on Grenada been hostages of the new regime, the United States could have justified a rescue mission. But by all accounts-and admittedly, there are not many, because...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Out of Grenada Now | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Students must cast votes: they must have an effective voice: they must have trust and confidence in the people that govern this college. The administration does not want to cover up for harassers. It is fully aware that sexual harassment is illegal. Through its policy, it is trying to avoid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Crisis of Confidence' | 10/18/1983 | See Source »

Told by a doctor at the age of 43 that he had a year to live, Anthony Burgess greeted the news by taking up a literary career. He turned out five books in one year, hoping that the royalties might make a legacy for his wife. Now, 23 years and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: True Vocation | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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