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...prize judges, it did not. Hamilton didn't win a Golden Lion, the Biennale's version of an Oscar. Another young American, in another part of the exposition, did. Doug Aitken's Electric Earth, a slick, multiscreen video, earned him one of the three awards for best international artists. The video, about living "in the absolute present," as Aitken, 31, says, features the throbbing music and quick cuts more in tune with the MTV generation. But at least one visitor appreciated the languorous charms of Hamilton's show. There, in a mound of pink powder, an admirer had scrawled...
...Aitken cites other factors which induced mixed emotions as well...
According to Janet L. "Lee" Aitken '72, "People were saying 'I did feel disaffected and alienated for most of my time there'...Alienation was kind of the main theme...
Some alumnae tried to sort out the sources of the persistent confusion. "What I found missing in the discussion [was that] we talked for an hour and a half and nobody mentioned Vietnam, which was the reason [for the confusion]. I'm kind of astounded," Aitken said. "I certainly don't think a group of men could have talked for that long without mentioning...
...AITKEN, senior editor of TIME's Society section, doubled recently as editor of Mad Genius: The Odyssey, Pursuit, and Capture of the Unabomber Suspect (Warner Books; $5.99), an in-depth look at the terror-bomb saga prepared at lightning speed by TIME staff members and shipped to stores this week. Others raced to put out "quickie" books on the case; ours not only combined fresh reporting and thoughtful writing, but it also got there first. The 11-day effort left Aitken newly impressed by what first-rate team journalism can achieve. "I hesitate to say this, because I treasure...