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Although most writers of philosophy disagree on the nature of man and the existence of God, they hold one value in common--everything they publish must confuse its reader. Professor Jay Cantor of Tufts University, a philosopher noted for his first two books, has graduated from this school of thought with flying colors...
...Cantor may not be able to consternate hapless college students with the ease of Kant or put one's head to the desk as swiftly as the Communist Manifesto. But he has made a commendable effort in his latest book, On Giving Birth to One's Own Mother...
...Cantor derived the title from a famous sketch by Arshile Gorky because he felt that Gorky's motive behind the drawing--the remaking of the self in art to overcome sadness--mirrors the purpose of the book. However, Cantor does little remaking of anything; he merely expounds on the injustices of conservatives and the scars left on our generation by the Vietnam...
...Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir or his aides. "You don't resolve problems by impatience and rudeness," said Yossi Olmert, director of the government press office. In the northern town of Afula, where Foreign Minister David Levy was reported in good condition after being hospitalized with chest pains, Dr. Udi Cantor asserted that no phone calls were being put through to Levy's room. "But if Baker calls," he said, "we will transfer the call." An Israeli radio journalist added, "The number here is Afula...
...professional who grew up with the country, reflecting America's experiences in his music. When the Baline family fled the Russian pogroms in 1892 for the tenements of New York, young Israel was four. The Statue of Liberty was only a couple of years older. His father Moses, a cantor, died when the boy was eight, so he hit the streets in search of work. Izzy sang for pennies anywhere he could find listeners, finally landing a job as a singing waiter in a raffish Chinatown bistro; it was there that he wrote his first song, Marie from Sunny Italy...