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...entirely a natural migration. Even Wasserstein wonders if a play that includes a scene built around a 1970 feminist consciousness-rais ing group ("Either you shave your legs or you don't" is the refrain) and is filled with arcane political references can ever be commercially successful. "I'm not stupid," Wasserstein laughs. "I don't know if theater parties will say, 'Let's go to this. It's got a great Herbert Marcuse joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WENDY WASSERSTEIN: Chronicler Of Frayed Feminism | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Those words form a familiar refrain for everyone who has ever tried to get away from Harvard on the Boston subway system. All four lines--Red, Blue, Green and Orange--run directly through the center of Boston. Even as simple a trip as traveling from one side Cambridge to another requires a lengthy detour the inevitable Park St. stop...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: 'T' Line Could Reshape City | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

WHEN the machinists' strike against Eastern Airlines began 12 days ago, it was time for organized labor to start singing its old refrain, "Which side...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Flying the Union-Busting Skies | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...facts and opinions stated in Mr. McKinney's letter. Nevertheless, The Crimson regrets any misunderstandings which may have occurred as a result of the publication of the December 17, 1988 article. At Mr. McKinney's request, we have agreed to print his letter to the Editors and to refrain from further comment on the matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alum Responds | 2/25/1989 | See Source »

...country's export regulations are among the loosest in the world. The Economics Ministry processes some 70,000 chemical-industry export applications each year. Even the tighter regulations announced in the wake of the Libyan scandal, Economics Minister Helmut Haussmann maintained, do not guarantee that unscrupulous manufacturers will refrain from conducting business as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany Anger and Recrimination | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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