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There are only a few things that have been able to interrupt of otherwise disrupt a Harvard Commencement. But the one time in recent years when stormy weather did force the ceremonies inside Sanders Theater where they were held from 1876 through 1915--there were more things for University officials...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Historic Speeches | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

Charley is No. 5 in the hierarchy, and there is seemingly nothing to block his ascent-until he falls heel over head in love with a semigorgeous broad named Irene Walker. To the hulking bachelor hoodlum, she is "a classic, like the Truman win over Dewey." Irene is not Sicilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heel over Head | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

The system has served Japan well. Since World War II it has produced a highly literate and mathematically capable population. It also prepares students for smooth entry into an overcrowded and competitive society that sets a high value on the virtues of discipline and cooperation. In a carefully ordered culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Test Must Go On | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

Two weeks ago, after nearby jails became overcrowded. Henneberry began housing overnight prisoners at the jail for the first time since its completion in 1974. Thirty-nine prisoneers are now staying at the jail.

Author: By Dora Y. Mao, | Title: State Panel Issues Certificate For Cambridge Jail Occupancy | 3/11/1982 | See Source »

For Shakespeare, England was a sceptered isle, another Eden, a blessed plot peopled by "such dear souls." For Alan Ayckbourn, writing nearly 400 years later, it is a dirty, overcrowded cabin cruiser, inhabited by a contentious crew of incompetents who could not navigate a bathtub, let alone the meandering river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: This Realm, This Little England | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

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