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...campaign, Ferraro appears to be winning in the field, Bush on paper. The Democrat has drawn large, enthusiastic crowds. Her quick-footedness has served her well. Bush, meanwhile, is surprisingly inept as a campaigner. His earnest speeches seldom excite even the smallish Republican crowds he usually addresses, and he sometimes reacts badly to the to-and-fro of daily campaigning. Yet according to public opinion polls, the Vice President, with his 18 years of solid national experience, is much more highly regarded than his Democratic counterpart. A New York Times/CBS News poll released Sunday found that 47% of voters view...
...popular culture to have international impact-like the French new wave in films or the British invasion of American rock music-is clothing from Japan. Fashion has generally been tied to society, to frivolity, to pricey artifice in the service of camp and commerce. It is a subject that seldom rates serious attention. There are not, after all, a lot of clothing designers who deserve it. But of those who do, a disproportionate number are Japanese. If someone as gifted as Issey Miyake were making movies, he would already be hailed as a world master, with grand prizes and retrospectives...
...this is that someone familiar with Harvard and Radcliffe doesn't get a complete feel for the place and time, while the general audience gets too much useless information. References to the Pudding and the Fly Club are fine as long as you indicate their relative significance, which Adams seldom does. In short, don't expect another Last Convertible. Or even Love Story...
Fellow Robert G. Stone Jr. '45 says that when the Corporation faces an unfamiliar issue, its first response is to consult with as many people around the University as possible. "Very seldom we say unilaterally seven people can make the best decisions, because very often we have to seek advice from as many people as we can. We don't know all the answers," he says. This process was evident most recently when the University considered a proposal from Professor of Biochemistry Mark Ptashne to set up a profit-making genetic engineering company within the University. After extensive consultations inside...