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While they seemed to subscribe to no particular unifying trend—their styles and topics varied from editorial writing to full-length popular histories—their work reflected a new interest in journalism as both criticism and social history, and explored in detail distinct elements of American life and foreign affairs...
Indeed, by the time members of the Class of 1955 entered their sophomore years, the Houses had acquired distinct stereotypes. David Royce ’56 noted in The Crimson with more than a hint of irony that “there are not—indeed there could not be—what are called house ‘types...
...District seat. She'll meet this week with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington to discuss how much money it can contribute to the $2 million war chest she expects she'll need in an effort to unseat Republican John Kline. Though Rowley, 50, would start as a distinct underdog in the heavily Republican district (Kline won a second term last year with 56% of the vote), Steven Schier, political science professor at Carleton College, says Rowley might surprise people. "She'll attract a lot of money because she'll be seen as a credible candidate...
BRAIN TO SELF: DRUGS INCOMING! Scientists knew that cocaine triggers the release of the brain chemical dopamine. Now a new study in rats shows that there are in fact three distinct dopamine releases, including one that occurs just before the drug arrives. Call it the buzz of anticipation; it may help explain what drives addictive behavior in humans...
Johnson’s plans further down the road are more distinct: in fifteen years, he hopes to have a few feature films under his belt, with funding to do another one. “I want to be the next Hal Hartley,” he says. “Never made an Oscar, never made a ton of money at the box office. But he’s doing it how he wants to do it and getting by that way, so that’s how I see myself.” Until then, Johnson contents himself...