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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evil scheme of Dr. Dorksworth, as I call him, has borne fruit in the form of hundreds of unhappy and brain-addled Harvard seniors. You can spot them wandering around the campus like shell shocked World War I soldiers, glancing about furtively and occasionally throwing themselves behind some tree or bush after sighting a thesis advisor on the loose in the Yard. They are pale, out of shape, dazed, confused and, having perfected their procrastination techniques, often know a great deal about the minute details of the O.J. Simpson saga. When two get together they will in fact often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Dorksworth's Legacy | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

Some of the most striking representations of a sterilized or blurred. Michel Dector and Michel Dupuy's joint contribution, Drancy (1994), is a segmented white canvas with a smeared, irregular blot faded into its surface. Suggestive at first glance of a stain beneath the skin, good and evil blurred, it is identified in the exhibition program as the depiction of a swastika, whitewashed over in a Paris suburb. According to the artists, the French authorities paint over persistent expressions of Neo-Nazi sympathy. Drancy's whitewash addresses the equally obscured period in French history of Vichy France complicity...

Author: By Natasha Wimmer, | Title: ICA Holocaust Show Leaves Viewer Cold | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...have two choices. You could kidnap him, lobotomize the information out of his brain and then destroy any evidence he might have; or, you can pray to God (or whatever entity you might do that with) that he has ethics enough not to use information like that for evil. The first choice is illegal, and the second may be wishful thinking. For your sake, I hope he's a good person, even without divine intervention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: norma knows | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...York City Last year Boris Yeltsin threatened the West with a ``cold peace'' if NATO extended its membership eastward toward Russia. Well, Yeltsin's cold peace has already begun in Chechnya. Paul Etxeberri Reno, Nevada Again, as so often before, Russia has proved that it is in fact an ``evil empire.'' It is committing genocide in Chechnya. What's next? Estonia? Ukraine? When will the leaders of the free world realize the dangers of playing with the bear? Jonas Kjellberg Alingsas, Sweden While the situation in Chechnya is devastating and deplorable, it should come as no surprise. A look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters , Feb. 6, 1995 | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...dealing with such savagery is with an iron fist. We should not surrender an inch of ground. Khalid Al-Moosa London The Algerian imbroglio is like a jigsaw puzzle, difficult to solve. Between the government in Algeria and the militant Islamic Salvation Front there may be no lesser evil. But the most important issue is, Should we watch unconcerned the emergence of what could be another Khomeini in the world's most volatile region? If the answer is no, then it is high time Western powers took more concrete actions to combat the mad dogs who slaughter innocent people. Governments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters , Feb. 6, 1995 | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

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