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...that blacks could register at his grocery. "I said, 'I wouldn't do this if I were you,'" recalls J.C. Fairley, a friend and fellow N.A.A.C.P. activist. "'You're out there by yourself--they can easily get to you.'" And they did, the first day Dahmer went on the air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Widow And The Wizard | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...daily "Sein Off" headlines. It's as if none of us will be able to survive past Thursday. Somehow we will have to carry on, though, and to do so it may help to scrutinize exactly what it is we will be losing when Seinfeld goes off the air and whether all this fuss is justified. One way to approach these questions is to look at the show in the historical context of America's signature contribution to Western civilization: the situation comedy. What makes Seinfeld so special compared with sitcoms of the past? Is it better, more popular, more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Goodbye Already | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...office, exchanges with a slow pace and subdued hilarity that would be impossible to offer on television today. Others would cite All in the Family or Cheers or Cosby as series that were more skillful and enjoyable than Seinfeld. And while Seinfeld should be credited for going off the air before its ratings decline, it is not alone in that either--both Lucy and Andy Griffith ended their runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Goodbye Already | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

ADRIAN LYNE Showtime agrees to air his film version of Lolita. Pundits: you may start your thumbsucking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...puzzling claim. And one that ,indicates that in the confusing arena of ideas,rhetoric sometimes takes over where natural reasonmay lead. Gomes, of course, has no problem withrhetoric. His self-assured air combined and deepvocal tenor compels few to question his words asanything but gospel. And so, looking upon his fullcongregation on Sundays at Memorial Church, Gomesconcludes that "Godless Harvard" is not Godless atall. He illuminates a backlash to the scientificemphasis on quantification and demystification.Gomes says that the realization that "science hasnot produced a utopia" has buoyed a risingspiritual tide that "makes it easier to preach in1998 than...

Author: By Joanne Sitarski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Challenge of Feeding Spiritual Hunger | 5/15/1998 | See Source »

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