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...blood, the past must beat in me to make a rhythm of survival for itself-to go on as this half-life which echoes as a second pulse inside the ticking moments of my existence-if this is what must be, why is the pattern of remembered instants so uneven, so gapped and rutted and plunging and soaring? I can only believe it is because memory takes its pattern from the earliest moments in the mind, from childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Patterns | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Padan Aram--A mysterious poetry/literary magazine that appears once every few months, then goes away again. Uneven quality, and it's only in its third year of operation. Lots of weird poetry...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Harvard Publications: The Good, the Bad and the Silly | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...much at fault is Carter for his uneven record on these issues? Certainly not completely. Congress has on many occasions proved balky and ineffectual. So has the vast bureaucracy. As the nation has grown more centralized and complex, the public has unrealistically begun to expect its President to solve an increasing number of intractable problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Problem Of How To Lead | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...restrictive handicaps that disabled students encounter at Harvard are primarily of two varieties: architectural and attitudinal. Many of Harvard's facilities are inaccessible, presenting us with difficulties not only in entering them but in using them as well. As one might expect, the University's numerous old buildings, the uneven brick sidewalks and the maniacal automobile traffic in the Square are a nightmare-come-true for a person in a wheelchair...

Author: By Marc Fiedler, | Title: Disabled, but not Handicapped | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...Director Steven Spielberg (the film's executive producer), it tells the story of a gaggle of suburban teen-agers who will stop at nothing to see the Beatles in person during their maiden visit to New York. As madcap farce the movie is wildly uneven: it starts slowly, and ultimately tots up as many dead spots as solid laughs. Yet the film succeeds at a far worthier mission. I Wanna Hold Your Hand re-creates precisely the excitement the Beatles let loose 14 years ago; it transports the audience back to the eye of a phenomenal social hurricane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Teen Dreams | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

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