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More Than a Movie

Now and then it is possible to observe the moral life in the process of revising itself. T HE LATE


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No Honor, No Responsibility

T HIS PAST SUMMER, Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence commissioned a study of student honor codes in institutions


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Music in the Darkness

A T FIRST the phrase "historical novel" sounds like a contradiction in terms. Can a writer really combine in one


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When Reason Fails

F OR PLAIN folks, sending a telegram overseas usually costs about a dollar or two. But last week Washington spent


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Half-Baked

A FEW YEARS BACK, Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell called attention to what he termed a major contradiction in modern life--one


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Plan to Increase to Housing Stock Draws Opposition

It began as an earnest attempt to get low income housing built in Cambridge Referendums were held, working committees formed


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University Opposes New Zoning Law

The signatures of two University officials topped a petition presented to the Cambridge City Council Monday night opposing a proposal


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City Council Considers Proposals To Increase Low-Income Housing

Two controversial proposals designed to alleviate Cambridge's housing crunch may come to a vote before the city council tonight, city


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The Once and Future Court

F OR THE THOUGHTFUT and farsighted voter, nothing could have been more chilling than the prospect of Ronald Reagan casting


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Haunted by the Horse God

"I F EQUUS leaves, it will be with your intestines. And I don't stock replacements." The words are spoken by

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