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The past two years have seen organized campaigns by pro-divestment candidates to gain seats on the Board of Overseers. One would hope that this effort would help to institutionalize dissent on campus and lift the veil of secrecy that now covers its governing structure. The faculty needs to follow...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: The Limited Harvard Experience | 6/10/1987 | See Source »

In an ideal world, the mass market's appetites for fiction would be satisfied by the likes of Mrs. Randall; it's conservatively written without being dull, covers almost as much territory as a Michener novel, is shorter, and won't make a literate reader cringe every third page.

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Teaching and Doing | 6/9/1987 | See Source »

Jane Amsterdam, Manhattan,inc.'s founding editor, quit in March after complaining about interference from Publisher (and Owner) D. Herbert Lipson. According to insiders, Lipson wanted Amsterdam to meet with advertisers and sought more control over covers. Felker's challenge will be not only to sustain Amsterdam's success but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Return of The Native | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

The response from American companies was short of nyet, but it was a decided not yet. Not only does federal law prohibit the transfer to the U.S.S.R. of the high-tech electronics used in spacecraft, but no one seems willing to accept Soviet assurances. Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham spoke to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Happy to Help Out | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

Hesburgh, who attended Notre Dame's Holy Cross seminary and later taught theology at the university, has gone at his prodigious works with unwavering energy and focus -- plus a regal self-assurance. A globe-trotter who covers as many as 150,000 miles a year proselytizing for Notre Dame, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: His Trumpet Was Never Uncertain | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

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