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...ancient civilization that had occasionally seen Emperors step aside for men they considered worthier than themselves, this Emperor strove to be come a model of excellence. "All the Ancients used to say that the Emperor should concern himself with general principles, but need not deal with the smaller details," he wrote. K'ang-hsi dis agreed: "Failure to attend to details will end up endangering your greater vir tues." It is still excellent advice, for pipe fitters as well as Presidents with an imperial bent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Beautiful Bureaucrat | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...touched upon the major fears of our century, and had us feel his despair. And by being true to Vonnegut, George Roy Hill has produced a moving (if cerebrally uninteresting) film, which has less pretension and more honesty to it than such an adaptation of a much worthier book as Mike Nichol's film of Catch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slaughterhouse Five | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...photographs adorned with Whitman quotes), and the Hasty Pudding Show. This latter good thing is a perfect demonstration of Three Thirty Five's lack of editorial credibility and clarity. I, for one, don't feel that a drag show put on for half-dead alumni deserves space over the worthier enterprises around Cambridge that have been left out of the book (e.g., the women's movement). But, assuming for a moment that the Hasty Pudding Show is representative of an important part of Harvard '70-'71, it is still a waste in this presentation. Six pages of pictures from...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Bad Things To Do Three Thirty Five | 5/21/1971 | See Source »

...toward becoming one of those uppermiddle class brats, and his dog really does growl at him -- on the phone, yet. Twelve years he's been married; twelve years of his live shot to hell. That's why Jack Lemmon is able to make Brubaker so much worthier an object of sympathy (or empathy, depending on your age group) than Benjamin. Braddock stumbles through situations picking up the emotional cost with a sort or moral charge plate...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: The April Fools | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...another, far worthier than I, express what lies in this feeble soul. Let the Poet sing...

Author: By Steven W. Stahler, | Title: An Attempt to Clarify What Exactly It Is That Richard Brautigan Says About Trout | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

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