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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...estimate is correct, the council is expected to lose $600 of its $5600 allocation. But planners called the Memorial Hall event, which was held on Friday, a success because students who attended enjoyed the festivities...

Author: By Mark W. Brown, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 500 Students Attend Council's Casino Night | 2/18/1992 | See Source »

...powerful--instead of confessing error and pledging to correct it--are deflecting the blame from themselves to the powerless: to the poor, to the child who just had a child, to the new immigrants," he said. Cuomoalso urged his audience to take action in thecoming election and to leave "the legacy of theBush-Reagan era" behind...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cuomo Addresses Economic Woes, Outlines Policies | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

Franzen, who himself lived and worked at Harvard in the seismology lab, is definitely writing in his element. He captures the age of the nineties with its many different faces. What initially seems like a politically correct analysis of the ailments of society turns out to be a subtle joke on political correctness and a lesson for all: The world doesn't fit into the stereotypes so loosely applied these days. More often than not, people and issues reside in a gray area. Full of strong motions and emotions, Franzen's novel will send a few ripples your...

Author: By Esme Howard, | Title: Local Motion | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

Berger refuses to submit not only to the reductiveness of the commercial reading of art but also to the oversimplification of the "politically correct" reading of art. He is certainly willing to admit sociopolitical truths in his writing. He acknowledges in his essay. "The Erogenous Zone" that "the visual may play a more important role in the sexuality of men than women, but this is difficult to assess because of the extent of sexist traditions in modern image-making...

Author: By Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, | Title: Love `n' Rockets | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

Mademoiselle Fofo (evil incarnate by Elizabeth Humphrey) is a politically correct nightmare--she justifies Western imperialism in a powerful monologue that concludes with, "A free Algeria is a French Algeria...

Author: By Dvora Inwood, | Title: Sign of the Times | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

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