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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...goes off on the Religious Right, the N.R.A., genital mutilation, domestic violence and the consumer culture. He hates guys with stupid “sissy” names like Blake and Blair and Blaine and Brent. He hates environmentally conscious yuppies that separate their garbage and listen to Steely Dan. It’s all unprintable filth; my virgin ears are bleeding. Finally, George Carlin is an insult comic again...

Author: By Benjamin D. Margolis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...goes off on the Religious Right, the N.R.A., genital mutilation, domestic violence and the consumer culture. He hates guys with stupid “sissy” names like Blake and Blair and Blaine and Brent. He hates environmentally conscious yuppies that separate their garbage and listen to Steely Dan. It’s all unprintable filth; my virgin ears are bleeding. Finally, George Carlin is an insult comic again...

Author: By Benjamin D. Margo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Music | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...international landscape of Chinese heterodoxies, an encyclopedic Who's Who of troublemakers that is engagingly anecdotal, often surprising and deeply insightful. Readers already acquainted with China's political topography will find fresh profiles of familiar figures who are often lost in the glaring limelight that follows them?Wei, Wang Dan, Dai Qing, Fang Lizhi and Liu Binyan. But Buruma also introduces characters less well-known in the English-speaking world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Begging to Differ | 1/10/2002 | See Source »

...also gives states the crucial task of defining "proficiency": what score do students need to pass the tests? If the bar is set too low, the legislation will be meaningless. But there's also a risk in demanding too much. Warns Dan Koretz, a Harvard education professor who specializes in high-stakes assessments: "If the bar is set too high, it becomes impossible to meet by legitimate ends. There will be enormous pressure to take short cuts. You'll see a dangerous over-emphasis on test preparation and cheating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Signs His Education Bill. Now What? | 1/8/2002 | See Source »

...Individual Medley: Dan Shevchik...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Swimming Torpedoes Navy | 1/7/2002 | See Source »

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