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...keep witnessing how slyly the market promotes our liberation through consumer goods. The commercialism of 1970s counter-culture, for example, has been analyzed by Bass Professor of English Louis Menand. A more recent example of the way advertising makes kitsch out of genuine languages of self-definition is the grievous use of the motto of Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”—“I am what I am”—to sell sneakers. Pseudo-sociological categories such as the “metrosexual man?...
Anxious seekers of over-the-counter emergency contraception must continue to find an alternate plan. But it certainly won’t be Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, or “morning-after pill,” that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deemed unfit for over-the-counter distribution last May. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan investigative subsidiary group of Congress, reported recently that top FDA officials decided to reject the application of Plan B months before the government scientific review of the application was complete. The FDA is supposed to be a nonpartisan agency...
...need an extra plate, please ask” is hardly the stuff of tyranny. In at least one strongly-worded exhortation, however, there does lie an ominous hint, as Murray demands more Lebensraum: “Do not lean on the crêpe counter!” The owner, who often rolls the crêpes himself (and no, he has not considered importing Dominicans to help, à la “Seinfeld”), explains simply that he treats his customers with respect, and he expects the same. Has he ever banned a troublemaker...
...PRINCETON 9, HARVARD 5Though the score makes it seem as though the Tigers controlled the opening contest for the Crimson, the Ivy battle was much closer because of the strong defense from the Harvard players. “For the most part we did a great job stopping their counter,” Burmeister said. “Their top scorer, who is their fastest player, only scored a goal.” Burmeister, who totaled seven saves, was helped in goal by Garcia’s blocks and steals from the quick Tiger players. Byrd and Voith also played...
...weeks to learn whether they were HIV-positive and were given the news--which could be a death sentence--by a doctor, a nurse or a trained counselor. Now AIDS can be effectively treated with antiretroviral drugs, and FDA approval seems imminent for the first over-the-counter HIV test for use in the home: the OraQuick Advance. With a swab of saliva taken from the gums, the kit (currently sold to doctors and clinics for about $15) delivers a result--positive or negative--in 20 minutes. The FDA approved an at-home HIV test in 1996, but users...