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...sandwich. On balance, progress does make things better, at least materially, for most people. But the costs are real. Converting someone from a teller to an ATM servicer is not easy or cheap. And if we as a society are going to meet the challenge, we should avoid dubious reassurance about the impregnable uniqueness of our species...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIKE MULLIGAN MOMENT | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...home and banishment and living with--or escaping from--one's past. The second act enlarges on those themes, bringing the players into a new setting--the Cozy Nest, a gay bar opened by Chief Yang--and introduces a new character, Papa Fu (Carsey Yee), an elderly philanthropist with dubious motives. The revelations which Papa Fu will unfold to Hawk prove to be the symbolic heart of the play...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, | Title: 'Crystal Boys' Opens Door on Hidden World, But Moves Slowly | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

Believing Christians are going to have a little problem with the Son of God portraying himself as if he can't remember all the details of his own life. But you needn't be a Christian to find The Gospel According to the Son a dubious and ultimately failed enterprise. Conceivably, imaginative literature at its highest pitch could do what tons of historical research and theological studies have failed to accomplish: present a convincing account of what it may have felt like to be the man Jesus, human like his contemporaries but given a divine vision, mission and fate that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: NORMAN MAILER: USING THE LORD'S NAME | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

There is, after all, something cool about the color pink (or at least I think so). Cosmo, Vogue and Elle, while of dubious literary value and filled with appalling advertisements, provide hours of amusement ("Is he right for you? The fast, fun guide to men.") I now feel slumber parties just rock, especially when they involve gossip, hair-braiding and listening to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

...felt that the costumes were dubious," said Victoria Harris...

Author: By Tobie E. Whitman, | Title: Harvard Dancers Light up Lowell Hall | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

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