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He is a problem for the Congressional Black Caucus, whose chairman, Representative Kweisi Mfume of Maryland, has embroiled himself in controversy by pledging a "covenant" of cooperation -- since disavowed -- with both Farrakhan and mainstream black leaders.
Hallelujah! Undergraduate Council representative Jonathan Mann '92-'94 of Adams House has walked in the valley of the shadow of the entertainment industry and has emerged with a sacred covenant.
The furor comes at a bad time for Farrakhan, who has been trying to expand his power base. He publicly performed Mendelssohn (a Jewish composer) on his violin and talked of reaching out to Jews. A Farrakhan speech in New York City this December drew 30,000 people, a crowd...
The larger pieces in the exhibition are more ambitious in what they attempt to achieve. Elllsworth Kelly's enormous triptych, Dark Gray, White, Gray (1980) builds on Kline's ideas of figure and ground. Here, the paintings themselves become part of a larger painting, with the wall of the room...
Bill Clinton, whose political baptism was a 1963 handshake with Kennedy, has so far failed to revive Camelot precisely because he has been unable to inspire Americans in the way that JFK did. He has invoked the Kennedy legacy through policy proposals (the National Service Act--a domestic Peace Corps...