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...elitism of yesteryear has waned, but in many ways, Harvard students are still the chosen few. As evidenced by the national and international press coverage of the 350th birthday party earlier this month, America and the world have definite opinions about Harvard and its mystique...
...Fred Jewett '57, dean of the College, moderated the symposium, titled "Harvard College, Change and Continuity: 1936-1986." Jewett asked the panelists whether today's Harvard is "better or different" than the Harvard of yesteryear...
...Good Humor Man ice-cream suits and Remedial Math dropjaw smiles like a bunch of meatheaded Varsity fullbacks strutting arm-in-arm with prospective Homecoming Queens and for the swimsuit competition the camera played fly-on-the-wall in the semi-finalists dressing room and a Miss America of yesteryear wandered from girl-to-girl like a queenbee in a honeycomb and the small-talk turned to silly superstitions...
...string of public events that voters observe, not the hidden web of strategy memos and fund-raising dinners and portentous telephone calls." Bravo. The problem is, Henry doesn't follow through. With few exceptions and obscured by his wonderfully elegant writing style, Visions of America gives us yesteryear's headlines with a dollop of conventional wisdom to serve as analysis. Since essay-writing appears to absolve him of the requirement to report, Henry can opine that "the most antagonistic major news organization was CBS, which had challenged Reagan's approach almost from its outset." He can make sweeping generalizations like...
REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS of Clint Eastwood? The days when Josey Wales would take out half an army with his six shooter? Those violent spaghetti westerns of yesteryear were an original departure from traditional western themes. Instead of the good guy in white, they had the gunslinger as anti-hero. You also had a lot of fun watching Clint quietly blow people away with style. Those were the days...