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...term "graphic novel" has come into more widespread use than it enjoyed then in 1978, and in subsequent editions of the book, apparently insinuated itself onto the cover. But it wasn't there on the first edition; so the first appearance of "A Contract with God" did not, ipso facto, inaugurate the use of the term "graphic novel." The term "graphic novel," as it applies to the "long form comic book," was originally coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in a newsletter circulated to all members of the Amateur Press Association. The term was subsequently modified and used...
Even if the fight with Khodorkovsky is political, it's a risky one for Putin. The arrest could bolster Khodorkovsky's status, elevating him to the role of de facto opposition leader--or political martyr. "It's very hard to tell how this one can end," says a Yukos board member. "If they let him out of jail, he won't agree to be muzzled, and he doesn't want to leave the country...
...inconsistent with Harvard’s mission of training leaders of all varieties. Moreover, ROTC is not an institution so riddled with a discriminatory nature, as is the Ku Klux Klan, that Harvard has a moral imperative to banish them from campus. Rather, ROTC’s de facto purpose is not to intimidate minorities, but to supply our armed forces with competent leaders. And its continuing expulsion does not ban an institution filled to the brim with bigots, but an organization that is fundamental and basic to our national identity...
...liberals and conservatives are in (rare) agreement that ECUSA will not make it through the London meeting unscathed. The worst sanction would be its de facto expulsion. (Outright dismissal is beyond Williams' authority, but he could achieve a similar effect by declaring his communion with them "impaired" and withholding invitations to Communion events.) The most lenient outcome that conservatives might accept would be a theological knuckle rap and a probationary period during which ECUSA would be expected to repent by retracting Robinson's episcopacy. American liberals insist that the primates have never produced that specific a demand. And since their...
Most recently, Whitman has been acting as a de-facto artist in residence. Since getting keycard access last summer, he has been using Harvard’s studio for electro-acoustic composition to make “long form” pieces, using equipment like a Serge Modular system and Buchla Music Boxes that he would have never had access to otherwise...