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...northern village who loves America in part because he knows so little about it. He takes to drinking milk, goes to Tokyo to study at the Very Romantic English Academy (English schools in Japan really do have names like that) and falls in with various foreigners who return the compliment by idealizing him: Jane, a tattooed English teacher in red cowboy boots who mistakes intensity for intimacy; and Paul, a refined advertising agent who collects Japanese boys as if they were woodcuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AMERICA, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...rally was certainly inspiring. Roughly 700 students gathered to hear speakers ranging from Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) President Vincent Pan '95-'96 to Mayor of Cambridge Kenneth E. Reeves '72 support the students in their quest for "empowerment." We would like to reiterate our support for PBHA and compliment them on a well-organized and publicized rally which addressed the important issue of student voice and power...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Fight for Student Voice Is Not Over | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

Some comments compliment Berry's work. A student raving about the lasagna wrote, "God bless your ovens. May they forever roar with delicious fire...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Faculty Show Talents at AIDS Benefit | 12/1/1995 | See Source »

...humor I encounter every day. None of us is self-sufficient, despite what the Republicans claim. Every good thing, every morsel of food comes directly from God, who expects us to pay attention and be joyful, a large task for people from the Midwest, where our idea of a compliment is, "It could have been worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

...Miuccia Prada, knew the answer all along: wearable clothes with a touch of class. Prada is a cult that is about to become a movement. The popular thing to say about the Prada style is that it looks like nothing--but that is meant as a compliment. Instead of making a bold statement, like Versace or Lacroix, the clothes are unassertive, combining traditional good manners and an ultramodern industrial sleekness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: UNDERSTATED ART | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

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