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...Harvard, I worked in most of the departments of the library, serving, at various times, as a shelver, fines assistant, desk attendant, weekend supervisor and technical services assistant. Lamont has its share of problems, and there are, at times, delays in getting books on reserve. However, the staff has striven for years to streamline the process and has made remarkable progress with their efforts. In addition, the reserves staff has in recent years rededicated itself to strict adherence to the copyright protection act which, admittedly, causes more paperwork and headaches, but is, after all, a legal and moral necessity...
...their credit, Livingston and Beardsley have stuck to their guns and striven to choose the art on artistic, not sociological, grounds. One may gripe about the presence or absence of this or that name. (Why, for example, was someone as distinguished and inventive as Puerto Rico's Rafael Ferrer left out?) But, in the main, the show is a real revelation...
Since ABC's Al Michaels shouted those words to a national television audience eight years ago from Lake Placid, legions of American hockey-playing youths have striven to emulate their heroes, members of the goldmedal winning 1980 USA Olympic team...
...this regard, baseball has always been different. Hockey has become almost a parody of what a contact sport should be. Football has always striven for grit; bloody noses are badges of honor. And even basketball, supposedly a non-contact sport, celebrates perspiration, endurance and size...
Deng's task now is to put the Humpty-Dumpty coalition back together again. Unlike his predecessor, Mao Tse-tung, Deng has never striven for absolute dominance but instead has shown himself a master at finding the center of the shifting political debate. Foreign observers expect him to remain in power, but with somewhat diminished support. "It would be hard to conceive of Deng being toppled," says Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the - University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies. Experts also agree that while the pace of Deng's reforms may be slowed, they will not be rolled back...