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And what sort of future is it? Literary purists wince at the prospect of tapes undermining the printed page. Yet listening to a book is not an experience to be sneered at. Storytelling began as an oral art, after all, and there can be something profoundly satisfying about hearing a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A Real Tape Turner | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

Like the European powers in the fateful August days of 1914 leading up to World War I, both owners and players became locked in unyielding stances that made protracted trench warfare inevitable. The few bargaining sessions that were held before the strike quickly degenerated into formulaic speeches and sarcastic byplay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Bummer of '94 | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

The game itself will pit the unyielding Harvard defense against the explosive Dartmouth offense. Harvard, led by McAnaney, co-captain Francie Walton and freshman goaltender Kate Schutt, has allowed only 81 goals and 187 shots in its games this season, all league bests.

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: It's Not Easy Playing Green | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

The way police harass, detain and/or arrest Black students, particularly Black males, not only on this campus, but everywhere in this country, is an old method used to make Blacks feel out of place where they feel comfortable and to feel ashamed of their race. Police harassing Black students for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Tolerates Racial Injustice | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

As Mexico's 90 million citizens know but sometimes try to forget, their country is not a seamless unity but a patchwork of dissimilar people and unequal progress. Roughly the top half of the country has joined the 21st century; the rest is mired in unyielding poverty. Differences among the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Days Of Trauma and Fear | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

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