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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...captures Wyeth and his times vividly: the artist's gale-force energy and the immense gravity of the family circle from which he and his children (among them America's patron saint of Yankee nostalgia, Andrew) never pulled free. Though a few notes of adulation are too sonorous, they bespeak the kind of bigheartedness that N.C. would have admired. Bully, he'd say, echoing his friend Teddy Roosevelt. Bully for Michaelis' book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: N.C. Wyeth | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...spring '98 collection, her Chloe debut, features garments that could hardly be described as age-insensitive. There are exquisitely cut wide-leg pantsuits (one of her trademarks) and delicately patterned knee-length day dresses alongside lavender, lace-trimmed slip dresses, spaghetti-strap tops and diaphanous minis. McCartney's clothes bespeak a mature knowledge of flirtation. "We've done the feminist thing and beaten men down, and now we want to lure them back," McCartney, a tall, cheerful redhead, explains. "I think there's a danger in being too girly though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Tired of Chic Simple? Welcome to the New Romance | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

Social events run by ethnic groups fall under particular attack by Nguyen, especially if the publicity for these events is targeted only at members of the ethnicity. However, the ethnic dining hall tables that Nguyen cites bespeak another critical function of ethnic groups: to enable members of the same ethnicity to meet each other and develop friendships--in short, to interact socially. Harvard is a big and intimidating place, and many undergraduates find support in their smaller ethnic communities. Nguyen suggests that this is wrong; I assert that it is natural. Just as knitting circles are formed for people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Blend Ethnic Groups | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

...actions only bespeak a larger problem. The current rules provide candidates opportunities to abuse the law without breaking it. Individuals can now contribute $1,000 per election per candidate, but there are no limits on contributions to parties or independent advocacy groups. Moreover, the Supreme Court has deemed it unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds to limit the expenditures that a candidate, party or independent group can spend on political advocacy. Such half-hearted attempts to curtail spending invite candidates to weave their way around them...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Our Warped Campaign Laws | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

...approximately 13 percent to a high of 20 percent of its annual income. Coupled with this figure is the equally disquieting revelation that over the same period, Radcliffe's administrative costs have ballooned, and this while educational expenditures have risen at a much slower rate. Whether the figures bespeak a concerted vision of Radcliffe's place within the University or merely shoddy bookkeeping, they display spending priorities that are out of line with the best interests of students...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Radcliffe Should Cut Bureaucracy | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

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