Word: allene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anti-particles. --Allen Herzog...
Laughing Last probably won't change anyone's opinion about the Hiss case. But for that matter, it is doubtful Allen Weinstein, the Smith College professor who claims Alger Hiss was lying all along, will make any converts when his book appears in the spring. The case is too complex, the evidence often hard to make sense of, and the passions still running too high for a dispassionate analysis. Substantive questions do remain and they are left unanswered by Laughing Last, though they probably will not be answered completely by anyone in the near future...
...that Roots had a psychological impact second only to the black-is-beautiful movement of the '60s. Said he: "To see the spirit with which their much-maligned ancestors survived slavery is a great corrective to any lingering inferiority that blacks feel." This memory was shared with whites. Said Allen Counter, a black biologist at Harvard: "It sounded like us, it looked like us, it was us. We've always wanted whites to understand how our backgrounds are different from theirs. Now they should understand a little better where we are coming from...
...rigorous but still unaccredited college, sandwiched between a Chinese restaurant and a delicatessen, Naropa offers degree programs in psychology, Buddhist studies and art, as well as certificate programs in Western dance, theater and poetry. Its faculty includes Modern Dancer Barbara Dilley, Novelist William Burroughs and Poets John Ashbury and Allen Ginsberg. Says Resident Poet Anne Waldman: "Naropa is fast becoming the poetics capital of America. It has the most diverse collection of accessible poets around...
...Allen's five-page description of the effects of the Big Wind on Fire Island won't satisfy even the most avid storm-lovers, then it's doubtful that his book will do much for a general audience. Not many Americans know how to appreciate a good hurricane, and they aren't likely to take time out to read about even the biggest one of all. Which is, of course, their loss. A Wind to Shake the World is a fine book, a wonderful source of stories to sit around and tell when livid storm clouds come steaming across...