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...shouldn't delude ourselves that such a foreign policy is wise," Bok said of a current, non-cooperative international attitude by the United States. "We must learn to coexist in a modern world...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Bok Attacks United States Foreign Policy | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

...dignitaries, however, it might be a wise idea to arrive early. Just like popular airlines, Harvard has distributed 11,500 tickets, which translates into 2,000 more invited guests than seats. Each senior receives four guest tickets, while graduate students receive two or three each, which are assigned randomly...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Gearing the Big H up for Commencement | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

Hmmmm. Does this pattern sound familiar? It's merely the road to academic success followed by the wise liberal arts student at Harvard. No need to resort to anything so crude as sleeping with your section leader or depositing large checks in a numbered account at Bay Banks. Sidle up to your most prominents professors and tell them what they want to hear. If you have any wits at all, hitching your wagon to enough academic engines can lead to a summer job, fellowships, and best of all, hot reccomendations for the grad school or job of your choice...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Politics of Schmoozing | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

...very wise man once wrote that what many people commit to paper is not truly committed to their hearts. The result is a double standard--saying one thing and doing another. Unfortunately, I have recently had the displeasure of experiencing the marked difference between proclamation and reality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shanties | 5/21/1986 | See Source »

...hope," Miyake remarked toward the end of the Tokyo shows, "that my contemporaries and I will be the last to have to go to Paris." With Hishinuma and Onozuka, Kumagai and Takayuki Mori bidding to loom large on the Eastern horizon, it might be wise for everyone to start rearranging travel plans right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Showroom At the Top | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

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