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In fact, I take offense to anyone implying that I lack the intelligence or ability to separate fact from fancy with issues that challenge the "dominant ideology." Come on, my fellow Harvard comrades! Who better than us can decipher legitimacy from illegitimacy? We should be excited that the Harvard name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why I Cheered for Leonard Jeffries | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

Crutcher bases the protagonist of the novel, Wilson Corder, upon himself. Corder is a child therapist who attempts to decipher what has happened to abused children by talking with them. He gets them to cooperate by using a controversial examination method called play therapy--he has children act out their...

Author: By Sucharita Mulpuru, | Title: Deep End is Shallow | 1/30/1992 | See Source »

If Quayle, as the series says, "expresses approval and glee" at some of his wife's "mischievous" potshots, then he is likely to be delighted by the political barbs she has included in her soon-to-be-published thriller, Embrace the Serpent. Written with her sister Nancy Northcott, the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vice Presidency: Second Look at a Second Lady | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

The object is to find and capture Carmen or one of her gang and restore the stolen treasures. In the version that is airing on PBS, player-detectives decipher a series of verbal clues, then use their knowledge of geography to score points. The top scorer gets to chase Carmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Verdi, Try Carmen | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

The chests are the result of Portia's father's dying instructions as to how his daughter must choose a husband. Each suitor must choose a chest--one is made of gold, one of silver and one of lead. To aid the suitors, each chest has inscribed on it a...

Author: By Ross I. Daniels, | Title: Demanding A Pound of Flesh | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

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