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...long been adroit at catching or creating the latest wave. But there is sometimes a dark side to the national thirst to be part of a trend. Jangling deep in the psyche of some souls, it appears, is an irresistible urge to be certified on the 5 o'clock news as a victim, a stoic survivor of sinister forces. Last week Pepsi found itself at the center of one of the weirdest such ripples of the media age, first as alleged victimizer, then as stoic victim...
ARMS CONTROL: The Doomsday Clock Ticks...
...annual New Year's retreat on Hilton Head Island in which an eclectic group of influential people swap stories of personal growth along with their business cards. Both policy wonks, the two men never heard a debate they didn't want to join, and tend to forget that the clock is running. "Just like the White House has 'Clinton Standard Time,' " said a U.S. News staff member last week, "we have Gergen time...
Like the ties between students, professor-student relationships were close. Richard M. Bloch remembers playing bridge with his mathematics professor late into the night. The next morning, the professor arrived late for his 10 o'clock class, whispering to Bloch that he couldn't see straight and that he would never join the students again. Richard K. Winslow recalls that his philosophy and sociology professor, W. Ernest Hocking, invited the class for Sunday afternoon tea once per month...
...witnessed WAVES drilling in our quadrangle; we saw some of our classmates participate in the communication program; we attended five o'clock socials with the naval officers studying at Harvard; and danced with busloads of service men from Fort Devans," writes Hermann, a part-time publications specialist from Bridgeport, Conn...