Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pearsall, who has edited classic medieval texts...
WHAT OUR "liberal education" lacks is tactile experiences. Our schooling enforces the classic mind-body split; there is no effort to integrate the two, through craft or application. All our mental activity, focused on two-dimensional ink and paper, leaves the body stranded...
Lerner's objections focus on the central course of the Women's Studies concentration, "Classics of Feminist Theory." The only works classic to Lerner are those written by Western men. If by classical what Lerner means is those works traditionally studied by white men in Europe and in the United States, he is right. Until recently, texts written by women have not been studied in those communities, nor has the work of the majority of the world's population. It is a significant step that universities in the United States are beginning to recognize the limits of their traditional range...
Tomorrow's event: the reedmaking workshop. Even those who get to sleep after 5 will be prompt. Reedmaking is the essence of piping, the frustration of frustrations (a classic instruction book on the topic is The Piper's Despair). But it is a necessary evil for those who cannot afford to drop $25 or more every time a reed goes bad, which happens maddeningly often. In fact, says Britton, quoting an old oboe players' maxim, "there are no good reeds. We just learn to play the bad ones...
...California, John Huston, 80, directs Daughter Anjelica in his 37th feature film, James Joyce' s classic story The Dead...