Word: erasing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton should keep that in mind when he considers his response to the clamor from the Congressional Black Caucus for an official apology for slavery. White House spokesman Mike McCurry has already declared that the President will not make such a gesture on this trip because "that is not an...
The name of the bar is no mere coincidence: from the aged wood panelling and Tiffany chandelier to the old-fashioned cash registers and five brands of bourbon, every effort is made at Daisy's to create an environment any Back Bay Gatsby would love. Even the music tends toward...
Still, Updike estranges the reader by overindulging Turnbull's lapses into fantasy. Depressed by his own breakdown, Turnbull takes to imagining himself in other eras, picturing himself as an Egyptian grave robber, a disciple of the Apostle Paul in the early church, etc. One can only assume that these departures...
A middle-aged Frenchman, his country's most successful director, has not made a "French" movie in 20 years. Instead, he roams the world, immersing himself in far-off cultures and eras, testing his curiosity, artistry, endurance. The films that emerge from his researches are quests (Quest for Fire, The...
Though their contributions were made in eras far apart, the Hippocratics, Galen and Vesalius all shared the same messianism that still characterizes today's outstanding medical achiever. Their discoveries were only the beginning of their contributions. Public demonstrations, the writing of treatises and books and the teaching of both colleagues...