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...which closes the borders of the kingdom at night, and justice and execution there are arbitrary. But The Frog Prince never loses its delicate balance between cynicism and celebration. As a result Kupferberg's production has a warm, delightful tone, even in its mockery. And that is no mean feat...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Telling Fairy Tales | 4/13/1990 | See Source »

...campaigns to the State of the Union address. Which is the more admirable heroism: the courageous holdout by a few conquest-minded whites over Hispanics at the Alamo, or the anonymous expression of hope by millions who filed through Ellis Island? Was the subduing of the West a daring feat of bravery and ingenuity, or a wretched example of white imperialism? Symbols deeply meaningful to one group can be a matter of indifference to another. ! Says University of Wisconsin chancellor Donna Shalala: "My grandparents came from Lebanon. I don't identify with the Pilgrims on a personal level." Christopher Jencks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond The Melting Pot | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...Modest: Discussing the accomplishments of his Bruins team, which recorded its eighth Ivy record of .500 or better in the 36 years Brown has participated in the league, Cingiser noted that five of the previous seven teams who accomplished the feat included two of the best players in Brown history...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Two Disappointing Endings to Cagers' Disappointing Season | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

...ugly veritas at this institution is that even garnering a recognizing nod from a tenured professor is a rare feat. Occasionally, undergraduates may develop close contacts with graduate students or even post-doctoral teaching fellows. But senior faculty, despite repeated claims to the contrary, generally have no time at all for undergraduates...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Time for Self-Evaluation | 2/3/1990 | See Source »

Making Richard Nixon seem ordinary is no easy task, but Herbert Parmet almost pulls it off. A respected historian, he spent six years burrowing into various archives and interviewing just about every living soul who has encountered the 37th President -- as well as the man himself, a feat few Nixon biographers can match. Unfortunately, it yielded no major scoops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Regular Guy: RICHARD NIXON AND HIS AMERICA | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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