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...Seldom do we question the motives of the decorated men who, at the behest of Uncle Sam, participated in the Viet Nam War. Since soldiers are so often accorded the benefit of the doubt, why is the same courtesy so infrequently extended to war resisters? Why do so many of us look upon them with contempt and suspicion, denouncing them for their adamant refusal to obey edicts that countermand what should be the most binding of all edicts: the Sixth Commandment...
Publishing was once the last refuge of politesse. Take the matter of advances, for example-those cash payments against future royalties. Seldom was a tardy writer pressed to repay; the image of a company bearing down on a lonely writer was too distasteful for bookmen to contemplate...
...program allowing students to concentrate in women's studies would help legitimate the valid study of the experience of over half the world's population, which is now seldom taken seriously, Mizzy Stokes '78, a member of the committee said last night...
...common consent, the two best newspapers in America are the New York Times (daily circulation: 803,123) and the Washington Post (530,031) -and they far excel the rest. Most Americans seldom see them, but both are thoroughly read by those on the air or in print who bring others the national news Now the nation's best newspaper has just restyled itself as the New New York Times; and when so pivotal an institution changes, something important is being said about American journalism. It is as if a dignified old lady, much revered in her own stately...
...considerable, but for the most part justifiable license with the material. Several subplots and some vivid characters have been eliminated entirely. Some important new scenes have been added-Glencora and Plantagenet are already married, for example, when Trollope begins the Palliser novels-and dialogue has been modernized. "I could seldom transcribe Trollope's text for more than two speeches at a time," says Raven. "I had to invent and deploy my own 'Trollopese...