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...Feingold said he merely wanted to give House prosecutors more time to make their case, but he cautioned that "I have not reached a decision" on the question of conviction. Most Democrats avoided criticizing Feingold and indicated they viewed his action as a vote of conscience. "It probably is wise to take Feingold's explanation at face value," says TIME Midwest correspondent Wendy Cole. "It would be a mistake to read too much into this and to interpret him as sympathetic to the Republican side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russell Feingold Bucks His Fellow Democrats | 1/27/1999 | See Source »

...principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, tears up the joint in Percussion 4, while Elizabeth Parkinson, an ex-Joffrey ballerina with legs as long as War and Peace, is volcanically sexy in Sing, Sing, Sing. But the Broadway gypsies are just as satisfying, especially Jane Lanier and Scott Wise, who bring welcome warmth to Fosse without compromising its essential tough mindedness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Seamy and Steamy | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

Peter and I first sought discrete means of leading Harvard to consider the injustice done to him. On confidential advice of a wise man of Harvard, identified by Lingua Franca Magazine as Henry Rosovsky, Peter and I first sought redress by appealing quietly and respectfully to an obscure body called the Joint Committee on Appointments. We did not post this initial letter by Open Internet. The members of the Joint Committee on Appointments are drawn from the Corporation and Board of Overseers. At least technically and theoretically, they hold ultimate power over tenure cases. The President's great power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Officials Misrepresent Facts In Berkowitz Tenure Fight | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

Before this pool of money gets too far from its source, it might be wise to consider the legal thicket which surrounds it. The original 1882 charter of Radcliffe (then known as the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women) authorized two specific purposes: (1) "promoting the education of women with the assistance of the instructors in Harvard University," and (2) "the further purpose of transferring the whole or any part of its money or property" to Harvard "whenever the same can be so done" as to advance the first purpose in a "satisfactory" manner...

Author: By Claire KAPLAN Lipsman, | Title: Follow Radcliffe's Money | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...members. F. Murray Abraham, winner of an Academy Award for his role as Salieri in Amadeus, is easily the most engaging character in the movie as Ru'afo, the diabolical leader of the Son'a. Two time Tony award winner Donna Murphy, who plays Picard's love-interest, the wise and strong Anij, also carries off her role gracefully...

Author: By Sara M. Jablon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Nimbed Generation Goes Where It's Gone Before | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

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