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...unpredictable way, and hence the heat of the metal and the rate of fusion of the enamel vary as well, the enamel colors run and waver into one another like wet watercolor, somewhat blurring the identity of the object they cover. This makes the enamel pieces slightly more abstract, fractionally less decipherable, than the patinated ones. Graves, whose SoHo studio contains one of the most formidable collections of Triffid-like indoor plants in Manhattan, recalls that the idea for doing sculpture in this way came to her a few years ago because "I had a cat that peed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Intensifications of Nature | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Such legal purism may be appealing in the abstract, but it is both unrealistic and inadequate in the face of the reality of America's history of racism and sexism. And together with those whose distaste for affirmative action is less ideologically motivated, these objections indicate the limits of American commitment to full equality...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Getting Questions Right | 3/21/1984 | See Source »

...school of though out of many that has made a valuable contribution to intellectual debate. In economics, Marxists have attempted to look beyond the laws of supply and demand, focusing instead on the relations of employers and workers, thus breathing a little life and relevance into an often abstract discipline. In history, Marxists have introduced class as a variable helping to explain the shaping of society...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: A Hotbed of Radicalism? | 3/16/1984 | See Source »

...authors are consulted in all editing decisions, and while some object to alterations, most appreciate the students' efforts to strengthen their writing, editors note. "It seems almost ludicrous in the abstract to think that a 2L should be telling a tenured professor at one of the nation's most prestigious law schools how he should change his piece, but in fact a lot of these pieces need work," says Szpak...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Hallowed Be Its Name | 3/14/1984 | See Source »

...seems almost ludicrous in the abstract to think that a 2 L should be telling a tenured professor at one of the nation's most prestigious law schools how he should change his piece, but in fact a lot of these pieces need work...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Hallowed Be Its Name | 3/14/1984 | See Source »

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