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Your story of December 10 on leading candidates for the presidency of Harvard fails to grasp the remarkable achievements of James Freedman at Dartmouth College. Quite simply, during his short term of office he has reaffirmed that institution's intellectual vigor and its faith in itself after 10 years of consistently vituperative battering at the hands of the Dartmouth Review...
...depressing, and its moody manner alienated many of the small children in attendance. This is not of itself a flaw--the murky moral conflict and mediocre acting hurt this production more than the play's tone does. Only Lithgow, as the black-clad, cigarette-smoking Death, brings vigor to his character, but his grave voice fits the part more exactly than his mannerisms...
...CALL: RED MOON (MCA). Mystical, mythic rock that stakes a strong claim in territory explored by the likes of the Band and Van Morrison. Wildly ambitious, the Call keeps well away from pretension with the unassuming vigor of its homespun rhythms...
Whether amused or appalled by the name calling, Texans are not surprised. "Dirtiness has been a Texas tradition," says Republican consultant John Weaver. "It's a blood sport." While the candidates have been slashing with equal vigor, Williams' ads have had far more visibility because he has outspent Richards $17 million to $11 million. A self-made success in oil and ranching, Williams threw $6.5 million of his own into the pot. Yet last week a Gallup poll showed that his lead of 10 points had diminished to 5 since September. The survey indicated that Williams has slipped...
While Rhodes candidates have traditionally been required to "be athletic and display vigor of body," today all this only means that you can't wheeze too much during your interview...