Word: documentable
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Mazursky has failed at an impossible task, to make a movie about the times we live in, and hope that it can so successfully document the time that people will look to it ten or twenty years from now as the definitive film about the 1970s. His eye for detail is often marvelous--from waterbeds to thin ties, from dropping acid and the emotions that follow (Jeannette claims her hands have flown away while Phil screams his head weighs a thousand pounds) to well decorated lofts...
...much to protect the innocent. Laws permit searching without warrants, jailing without bail, trying without defense, and condemning without trial. If you look suspicious, associate with 'subversives,' or don't appeal to your neighborhood policeman, you can be seized without explanation. During one of many arbitrary street document checks, a young man was ordered by a guardsman to shave his beard. "He told me that I looked like a revolutionary, and that he'd jail me if I didn't remove it. So I shaved it--these guys are irrational but serious...
This fall, Harvard has a unique chance to remedy the situation. It will release its report to the community, the first such document in five years, outlining its plans and its "needs." That report should maintain the "red line"--a self-imposed expansion boundary laid down in 1972 which is more than large enough to accommodate any new construction. It should furthermore promise to replace any unit of rental housing converted to institutional with another unit priced the same and on the open market. And it should declare that no buildings will be constructed, no present units converted, without...
...Peter Salway, a regional director of the Open University, guide students in their reading of original source material. On page 44 of one handbook, for instance, Balsdon notes briskly, "I cannot imagine your having the time" to read all 77 pages on the Emperor Augustus, but he adds: "One document, however, you must read, the Res Gestae of Augustus." The teaching texts frequently direct students to consult particular portions of their main source books, or to jot down answers to questions. Maryland University and Broadcasting Center officials, who jointly direct the nonprofit N.U.C., say that many adults prefer such guided...
This fall, Harvard has a unique chance to remedy the situation. It will release its report to the community, the first such document in five years, outlining its plans and its "needs." That report should maintain the "red line"--a self-imposed expansion boundary laid down in 1972 which is more than large enough to accommodate any new construction. It should furthermore promise to replace any unit of rental housing converted to institutional with another unit priced the same and on the open market. And it should declare that no buildings will be constructed, no present units converted, without...