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Politically in the ’50s everything was a mess. Nationally we were subjected to dreadful Senator Joseph McCarthy who exploited fear of the Soviet Union for political advantage. Television was in its infancy and could only be viewed in bars. Senator McCarthy conducted hearings on un-American activities...

Author: By Connaught O’CONNELL Mahony, CLASS OF 1952 | Title: Jolly-Ups and a 'New Look' at Radcliffe | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

Goya was connected to the Enlightenment too. Yet a whole side of his imagination was stirred only by the old black Spain, the country of witches, the Inquisition, absolutism and night terrors, and this too shows with sublime force in some of his depictions of women. One of the things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Goya's Women | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

He also saw what nice, respectable girls can do. This is the message carried by many of the etchings known as the Caprichos, and even by his early decorative tapestry designs of the 1770s and 1780s, before illness and deafness turned him into the stricken, black Goya, haunted by death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Goya's Women | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

Nonetheless, Lewis never returned to atheism: “Not that I am (I think) in much danger of ceasing to believe in God,” he wrote. “The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about him.” In the...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life, the Universe, and Everything | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

While Bob has remained focused on the Dimension label, which releases the company's more commercial films, Harvey has gone astray. He admits to being distracted, starting in 1999, when he was sidelined with a serious bacterial infection. He became focused on politics, campaigning for Hillary Clinton and Al Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Harvey Lost His Way? | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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