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...bones. Most of them are moneyed, but they soon must admit to a crucial class distinction: between the aristocracy of the desired and the proletariat of the unloved. In short, they are very like the rest of us. Though his setting and dialogue are tres swank, writer-director Whit Stillman made Metropolitan for peanut shells, and with a cast of novice screen actors. Best of all, he compliments his viewers by respecting their intelligence. Moviegoers should don their tuxes and rush out to return the favor...
Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 was one of the principal authors of a "white paper" submitted to the Justice Department this winter on behalf of a group of colleges. Steiner, representing those same schools, later met whit Justice Department officials to discuss that paper and other matters relating to the investigation...
...being left-or right-handed," and concluded that homosexuals should be given admittance into the military should they meet the other requirements. The Pentagon's response? It "called the study 'unfortunate' and wrote that 'it has it has expended considerable government resources and has not assisted us one whit in our personnel security program." (Boston Globe, 10/29.) Though all current evidence points to the contrary, the military refuses to change its policy denying the worth and attacking the abilities of such a significant portion of our student body...
...products that ITT executives had blocked. Among them: Winterizer, a compound that protects lawns during the winter. ITT management, Seitz says, had feared that Winterizer might sabotage sales of other Scott lawn-care products. But it has become the company's second biggest seller without hurting overall revenues a whit: Scott's sales rose 16% last year, to $187 million, and are expected to top the $200 million mark this year...
...cutting edge of journalism, but also as evidence of the unique quality we put between our covers. The Hancock Award is one of 46 prizes TIME has won this year. The July 27, 1987, cover story, "The Gorbachev Era," earned the Overseas Press Club's Hallie and Whit Burnett Award as the best general magazine story on foreign affairs. "Air Travel -- How Safe Is It?" (Jan. 12, 1987) picked up an Award of Excellence from the Aviation-Space Writers Association. "Who's Bringing Up Baby?" (June 22, 1987) examined the day-care crisis and won an Exceptional Merit Media Award...