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...guard against one misunderstanding? There are excellent sociologists at Harvard, many of whom are, I know, as appalled by the letters in question as am I: They too are my colleagues, and I have benefited from and enjoyed their companionship. Professor Liah Greenfeld and I--the two joint appointments between Sociology and Social Studies--have, I think it is fair to say, much enjoyed teaching those courses in social theory that the department considers compulsory for its incoming graduate students. (One term in a four-year period was taught by someone else--Dr. Geoffrey Hawthorn of Cambridge University, another Brit...
Lewis Percy yearns for the company of women. Too timid to expect them to love him, he aspires merely to their tolerance. Trusting and giving, guided by a "lasting conviction that women were a congenial and compassionate sex," he embarks on a quixotic quest for female companionship, only to experience shattering disappointment at the hands of those he seeks to love. Lewis' Bildungsroman is an ironic twist on the 19th century romantic novels he studies in his library carrel. This hero struggles for placid domesticity; it is the women who behave like cads...
...think athletics are so important to all people, men and women," he added. "It's not about wins or losses or proficiency, but what you get out of the game, the friends, the companionship...
VALENTINE'S Day is the day, more than any other, when Americans act out the ritualized myths of heterosexual companionship. On this one day of the year, feelings are acceptable--indeed, compulsory. Love is the motif, lovers guided by the need to present proof of their affections in the commercially packaged way that makes their sentiments unimpeachable...
Seniors are constantly finding fresh uses for computers. Retirees concerned about catastrophic health insurance are organizing congressional lobbying campaigns on the machines. Amateur genealogists are using the network to locate missing relatives. Widows who wake up in the middle of the night are logging on for companionship. A doll enthusiast has employed her computer to write a book about her collection. A numismatist has electronically cataloged , his 65,000 rare coins. A beekeeper in Hawaii is putting out a newsletter using the latest technology for desktop publishing. "It has been a ball," says Clark, who recently started a new SeniorNet...