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...further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd" What force?" What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless, "nonsense", on the one hand; "doubtless", "obvious", "unquestionable" on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that...
...achieve and prohibitively expensive. Proceeding indiscriminately with Star Wars development only offers the hope of a budget-draining resumption of the arms race in outer space, because, as the history of the nuclear arms race has shown so well, any attempt to gain superiority over the Soviets will doubtless be matched in time...
Your analysis of the banking problems between American lenders and Third World borrowers is doubtless admirable, but for me incomplete. It fails to mention Ogden Nash's "One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it,/ Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need...
...boycott would work. Said Sheldon Zalaznick, managing editor of Forbes: "This is corporate governance by tantrum. They will not get what they want, which is a better-behaved Wall Street Journal." Zalaznick thinks Mobil will eventually realize that and reopen the door. When it does, Schmertz will doubtless have plenty to say. -By Janice Castro. Reported by Barry Kalb/New York
Couturiers do it, television stars do it, even educated socialites do it. They "design"-and autograph-all kinds of housewares, from teacups to towels, cashing in on their celebrity status. Now they are getting competition from a less flashy but doubtless more highly qualified quarter: a group of internationally renowned architects...