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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...disagree with the feminist movement on almost every issue out there. But I must admit that if feminists are right about anything, they are correct in recognizing that the images we see and the words we hear can have a very real impact on how we treat others. Because the television shows, movies and music that we are exposed to overflow with violence and sex, it is remarkably easy for us to become desensitized to such acts. After seeing violence again and again, it no longer has the power to shock or anger or sadden...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Dole Fights the Good Fight | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...instinct was correct...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: How to Enrich Your Harvard Experience by Going for a Walk | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

Peter Bochnak of Harvard's Environmental Healthand Safety Department said the pair had beenfollowing all correct safety procedures, includingusing gloves, goggles and a fume hood. The burnedstudent immediately used a safety shower, whichcaused some flooding in the building...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Harvard Real Estate Merges | 6/24/1995 | See Source »

...about why people want to sink so much money into the soil. A garden is certainly a nice thing to have, a place to unplug from a bruising, harried world into someplace ripe and unwired. For cocooning boomers, gardening presents the perfect stay-at-home hobby. It's environmentally correct, medically sound, and promises a nice return on investment. When a Bel Air, California, replica of Versailles, built for $8.1 million, sat on the soft housing market for years, the bank that repossessed it hired garden designer Eric Solberg. "We put in a $45,000 garden, and the house sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER GARDENING | 6/19/1995 | See Source »

Both could be correct, at least politically, and still miss the main point. Yes, the Indians are very nice people here, which is a nice thing. And yes, the real Pocahontas probably didn't have Tina Turner's posture and Iman's neck. She probably didn't sing Broadway-style songs either or talk to a clever raccoon and a persnickety hummingbird. Maybe John Smith didn't look like Fabio and sound like Mel Gibson (who speaks the role). But this is a movie-a cartoon, for goodness' sake! It is a boy-meets-girl, boy-gets-girl, boy-loses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: PRINCESS OF THE SPIRIT | 6/19/1995 | See Source »

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