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AGAINST THESE RATHER lame justifications for secrecy, there are some very compelling reasons that instances of sexual harassment should be publicized. Most important is the chilling deterrent effect such publicity would have on future cases of sexual harassment. A crucial factor in discouraging crime is the presumption that it will be punished. As long as the punishment for sexual harassment is kept secret, it will deter no one Harvard could be holding up Walcott as an example, censuring him, and forbidding him any future affiliation with Harvard, as a stunning example to all professors teaching fellows, and administrators that molestation...
...under the spell of the Devil, Nick Shadow (Baritone Istvan Gati). Abandoning his sweetheart Anne Trulove (Soprano Cecilia Gasdia) for the fleshpots of London, Tom sinks ever deeper into degradation until he finally goes mad and is committed to Bedlam. In Russell's production, Tom sports a gold lame suit and a Sony Walkman. Baba the Turk, the bearded lady whom Tom marries, is a blind pop celebrity in a bright red dress whose comings and goings are recorded for posterity-or at least the evening news-by the watchful electronic media. Nick-who changes costumes...
...long, terrible war is reduced to a lame pun; death, rape and torture become narrative incidents, useful for advancing the plot. Meanwhile, Susan and Fenwick congratulate themselves on how well they are living and writing their novel. "My hat is off to us," Susan says. "Well done, us." She leads cheers for her husband's sensitivity: "That's some intuition you had there on that rampart." Fenwick returns the compliment: "What a teacher you are, Suse. No wonder your students fall in love with...
...Squadron of the American-Jewish Committee, until Koppel rebuked him. Said Koppel: "I think it'll be most useful to everyone if Mr. Squadron is given an opportunity to make his points, Tom." London-based Anchor Peter Jennings answered a question about the Falkland Islands dispute with a lame joke that the unmentioned "pawns" in the situation were the Falklanders' sheep...
...modern veneer of laconic prose and cowboy Weltschmerz. Fitzpatrick, and apparently McGuane, believes that quadrupeds do not disappoint like bipeds. The trouble is, novels with more affection for the equine than the human tend to gallop only for a short stretch. And then, all too frequently, they pull up lame. -By Richard Stengel