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...pretty pleased about all my enthusiasm for "the good book." If he had any concerns about my delight in government overthrows, homicide and biological warfare, he didn't say anything. With my dad in may corner, I decided to hazard a question, one which had been niggling in the back of my mind. After all, dad did know things sometimes...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, | Title: A Religious Misunderstanding | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

Mmmmm, oohh yeah, Some artists can just you in a mental groove. Julee Cruise. Tori Amos. Enya. These are women who know their subliminal stuff, and seem to delight in weaving songs that are slightly consciousness-altering. Call it folk-rock, call it New Age, in the end it'll get to you all the same. Whether it relies on the contorted world-view of Twin Peaks' David Lynch, as with Julee Cruise, or Gaelic-inspired words and melodies, as with Enya, this music shares a certain soulfulness that sets it apart. Showing up in soundtracks, advertisements and as background...

Author: By Diane E. Levitan, | Title: Ecstatic Fumbling | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

...plot of this allusive entertainment gallops on its own. The style is picaresque, the message is salvation through health food, and the medium is Millroy, a road-show magician. Part Jesus, part Prospero, part yogi, he alone would make this a novel to conjure with. But Theroux adds another delight, Jilly Farina, a plucky adolescent with an artless narrative voice that, like Huckleberry Finn's, grabs and holds the reader's attention from the first page: "I had walked from Gaga's in Marstons Mills to Mashpee, where Dada was living with Vera, his Wampanoag woman, and when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: High-Fiber Moralist | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

Harvard has long been, and still is, an influential institution of America's policy makers. There are several professors here who are regularly consulted by the Clinton administration; many faculty members delight in tantalizing undergraduates with stories of their weekend jaunts to Washington...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Harvard To the Rescue | 2/23/1994 | See Source »

Especially after Coughlin's goal, the one which ultimately emptied the building. Described by him as follows, it reflected the teamwork shown by the Crimson (to the delight of Tomassoni...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Defeat Vermont, 5-3, Looking to ECAC Tourney | 2/22/1994 | See Source »

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