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Harman's thesis "is based upon some very brave and insightful field research conducted under very challenging circumstances to say the least," Matory said. "Both the Committee on African Studies, generally, which funded her field research, and I, personally, feared for her safety because...there is a war of secession going on in Niger...
...efforts to maintain the "Southern feminine" charm of her youth seems almost gratingly ridiculous--but that is, after all, the point; Amanda's ridiculousness makes her as much a pathetic figure as a comic one. She is moreover, in her own narrow-minded way, a fighter who puts a brave if silly face on things and who stubbornly refuses to admit defeat--which makes the cruelty of her final breakdown, powerfully portrayed by Barker, all the more painful...
Some sublime selections...Tiger Woods, Albright, Thurman, Gates, Carter, Weil, Powell and others make me smile and say, "Score one" (several, actually) for the visionaries, the dreamers and all those brave souls who will make the next century a time of growth and inclusion and, compared with the 20th century, a thing of beauty. KEN TAUB St. James, New York...
According to Matt R. Saunders '97, who ran the sound for three of the performances, Talusan is "brave" to expose himself the way he does in the show...
...society is certainly in a shameful frame of collective mind when an individual must be labeled brave and courageous for simply being honest with friends, colleagues and the public. MAUREEN E. GREEN Charleston, South Carolina...