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...recruitment has been caught in a vicious cycle. The greater the turmoil and the accompanying publicity, the more difficult it has become to persuade qualified academics to take a risk and cast their lot with Harvard. Afro-Am supporters hope Huggins' arrival will break the pattern and lure a batch of talented faculty to the building on Dunster...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Huggins Takes the Hot Seat | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...knowing the depth Yale teams usually have, the Elis appear the surest of a batch of unsure bets...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...knowing the depth Yale teams usually have, the Elis appear the surest of a batch of unsure bets...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...Hello, Mr. Linkmuller, I'm a high-level administrator. I'm very sorry, but there has been a mistake. We were mistaken in calling you the Mistake. The company that prints the red dots we use on registration envelopes mistakenly sent us a batch of purple ones instead. Somehow a mistake was made and one of those purple ones--which we use to signify the Mistake--was placed on your packet instead...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Woops | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...unscheduled declaration of affection that might otherwise be offered with chrysanthemums. Shelly Anderson, who with Sandye Dianto started the Balloon Express Co. in Los Angeles last May, specializes in hand-painted balloons depicting rainbows, birthday cakes and people's names-even "dirty pictures." One blue batch was decorated with "porno stuff' and delivered with a nude male clown to a woman's "stagette" party. Another Los Angeles company, the Red Balloon, has a lot of requests for black numbers inscribed with messages like I HATE YOU or I DON'T LOVE YOU ANY MORE. In Hollyweird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Balloonacy Blooms and Booms | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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