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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jennifer when she was a freshman. She was interested in knowing what Radcliffe was about, and mostly, she was looking for a community of people both older than herself and younger. She was looking beyond her own age group," says Radcliffe Dean of Students Philippa Bovet. "I found it fascinating that as a freshman she took the time to go to the Cambridge Public Library and spend time with children there from time to time...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Taking Refuge in Cambridge | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

...Joseph P. Kennedy II, eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy '48, became the first of his family's younger generation to claim political office, 40 years after his uncle, John F. Kennedy '40, made his political debut in the 8th Congressional District...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: 8th Congressional District Gives Kennedy a Landslide Victory | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

...Kennedy family wrapped up election day with one out of two seated in Congress. The candidate's younger sister, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, lost a stiff race last night against incumbent Republican Helen Bentley in Maryland...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: 8th Congressional District Gives Kennedy a Landslide Victory | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

...wood's grain. A fiddleback, hard-rock-maple- and-ebony rocking chair, a fortunate meeting of Copenhagen and Big Sur by California Master Craftsman Sam Maloof, invites the viewer to experience the best of contemporary artifacts while sitting down in comfort. Maloof, 70, bristles at new developments. Younger artisans, he said during a pre-opening tour of the museum, "don't seem to have any ideas. They work over a piece for two or three years, and they work the soul right out of it." Replied Potter Karnes, who was standing nearby: "Oh, Sam, they don't even use words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Handsome and Homemade | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...crack of a single rifle shot fired from the wood and the bald man who was holding me took the bullet right through his face. It was a horrible sight. His head seemed to splash open and little soft bits of grey stuff flew out in all directions." Younger readers may be astonished that this graphic recollection comes from the author of durable children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Admirers of Roald Dahl's "grownup" ^ stories (Kiss Kiss, Switch Bitch) should not be surprised. The passage, which appears in the second installment of Dahl's memoirs, bears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Moral Bite Going Solo | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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