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Another weakness is Naipaul's pessismism about Africa's future. He fells ruination and debauched immorality will scar Africa's future as they have scarred its past. Naipaul consistently uses examples from unstable areas like Zaire and Jamaica and ignores relatively stable ones like Tanzania and Kenya.

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: The New Heart of Darkness | 7/13/1979 | See Source »

Lance Morrow's Essay "The Weakness That Starts at Home" [June 4] said it all. America is a shocking wastrel.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Mentor. Captain Nathan Brittles' habit of speaking his mind has cost him his career. Now he must retire, and he has ridden out to receive the farewell salute at a half-forgotten frontier garrison in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. There is a huskiness in his voice as he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Duke: Images from a Lifetime | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Anderson argues that his views represent a strength rather than a weakness: "I believe in the center, I believe in the good sense of the people, and I don't think they want to stray very far from the center." He hopes that his many rivals will divide the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Act of Faith | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Like Temperance Leaguers, Faculty members occasionally launch campaigns to reform tutorials. This year's effort--marshalled by Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty on undergraduate education, joins a long history of changes all directed at the same goal: increased Faculty involvement in tutorials. Sadly, all share the...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Latest of the Great Reforms | 6/5/1979 | See Source »

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