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Part of the difficulty lies in the very definition of art. As anthropologist Margaret Conkey of the University of California, Berkeley puts it, "Many cultures don't really produce art, or even have any concept of it. They have spirits, kinship, group identity. If people from highland New Guinea looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHOLD THE STONE AGE | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

Wallace has furnished eclectic, listener-friendly music (allusions to Puccini's Tosca, which Milk attended the night before his death, abound), but he lacks the skill in building ensembles that would have made the end of Act I (the 1969 Stonewall riot) or Act II (a high-camp, dikes-on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOSES IN SAN FRANCISCO | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

"I was really excited about one workshop we had for eclectic careers. It encouraged students to talk about different career choices, not just premed or pre-law," said Yea-Lan Chiang '95.

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Taiwanese Conference Attracts 400 Hundred | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

Welcome to the World's Largest Tiger Farm,'' says the green-and-blue sign outside Somphong Temsiriphong's new zoo. The Sriracha Farm Zoo and Resort Co. is certainly a breed apart. Down a country road 2 1/2 hours from the roar of Bangkok traffic, the private reserve is home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOULD TIGERS BE A CASH CROP? | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

Died. VERA MAXWELL, 93, fashion designer, in Rincon, Puerto Rico. From her cotton proto-jumpsuit fashioned for riveting Rosies during World War II to 1974's "Speed Suit"-a zipperless, buttonless dress that could be pulled on in seconds-Maxwell pioneered sportswear for women that was as comfortable as it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 30, 1995 | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

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