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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Western science and technology have wounded the deep pride of Islam. The success of the unvirtuous, the infidel unfavored of Allah, is psychologically confusing. "Seen through Muslim eyes," writes Berkeley Historian Peter Brown, "the emergence of [the West] as the temporary master of the world remains an anomaly in the natural unfolding of the course of history." Muslims have recoiled from modernization in exact proportion to the force of its temptation for them. They have been attracted by secular materialism, have tried it in the guise of both capitalism and Marxism, but they have often been disappointed by it, have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Islam Against the West? | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

John E. Dowling '57, acting co-master of North House and a committee member, said yesterday, "Everyone's very positive" about the service, adding he hoped to extend the express service into the early evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shuttle Shifts Stay | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

...more impressive than W.H. Auden's; Beckett's struggle to cover the bone, Auden's are ornamental. It's a neat twist to find Beckett and Buster Keaton together in one photo (Keaton played the protagonist in Beckett's Film)--Keaton the supreme silent comedian, Beckett (equally a master of comedy) minimizing theatre toward a condition of silence...

Author: By Peter Swaab, | Title: Waiting for Photo | 12/13/1979 | See Source »

James A. Davis, master of Winthrop House, said yesterday he supports the House Committee's decision. "I'm pleased Food Services has shown some willingness to compromise," Davis added...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: House Committee Votes Against Winthrop Dining Hall Boycott | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson's other freshman, Lisa Harrison, who is still struggling to master the new grips Barnaby taught her last week, had no trouble in the fifth slot, winning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raquetwomen Conquer Brown; Crimson Glides to 6-1 Victory As Depth Prevails Yet Again | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

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