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...what are some to the popular styles and trends this spring? According to Harvard Square Hairstylists interviewed, convenience is the watchword for the spring and summer months. As you might guess both men and women are getting a few inches chopped...
Doctors and lawyers come and go, sitcoms have hit the skids, and one day even Joan Collins may be just another question in Trivial Pursuit. But in the world of TV programming, crime nearly always pays. That axiom seems to be the watchword as the networks prepare to unveil their new shows for the coming season. At a time when cable and home-video recorders are luring more and more viewers away from traditional network fare, the Big Three are responding by playing it safe−and nothing is safer than cops-and-robbers. Eight of the 22 new series...
While student independence was the watchword of the 1960s, many college officials say that the recent trend is to bolster student-faculty ties...
...shrouded the Soviet capital during four days of mourning. The hammer-and-sickle flags above the Kremlin were raised again to full staff. Most dead Soviet leaders vanish quickly into history. It was not clear how much of Andropov's legacy would survive the transition. For the moment, the watchword appeared to be continuity. Said a senior British diplomat...
Over the past ten years, the treatment of insulin-dependent, or Type I,* diabetes has undergone a quiet revolution. D.S.C.P. is one of several programs that have sprung up around the country to spread the gospel of this movement. Its watchword is tight control, or keeping a close rein on the disease so that the body can function as normally as possible at all times. In practice, this means a lot of hard work...