A46 Harvard University has denied tenure to another young English-literature scholar. The dean of Boston College's law school, Aviam Soifer, has quit abruptly. A16 Several publishers are hoping to profit from the buzz surrounding Amistad, Steven Spielberg's new movie about a slave uprising. The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics has hired Sarah Spence, a professor of classics at the University of Georgia, as editor of its planned journal. The book is published by University of Wisconsin Press.
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