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...prudery and evil. But it's about your right to limits without being accused of hang-ups." Holding back, she adds, "is about the erotic, not the neurotic, waiting for the right person to try." Meeting her, one is struck first by Shalit's smoothness, then mostly by her fervor; she is a girl willing the world to be just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modestly Provocative | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...turns out, both Rusoff and Goldenhave gotten far more than their 15 minutes offame, and with the huge popular appeal of thenovel--ranging from Madonna to local book clubs toGaultier--one can hardly help wondering what it isabout this 428 page novel that has generated sucha fervor. The answer is simple, and Golden himselfarticulated it best when he said "I read because Iwant to live other lives."Photo Courtesy of Vintage BooksThe man behind the madness: Arthur Golden...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, | Title: THE BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...Buffett, the fabled investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, refuses to split Berkshire's A shares, which traded last Friday for $72,500 each. If stock splits add lasting value to a company, as today's fervor suggests, it's a wonder that Buffett is held in such high regard. His reputation, though, wasn't built by pandering to passing fads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dumb Money | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

With a nod to Radiohead here and to Sunny Day Real Estate there, The Sheila Divine's nine-song set began and ended in sweetness. They started the evening with "The Amendment," a precious ballad that allowed Perrino a warm up before exploding into the kind of fervor needed for the later "Modern Log" and "Opportune Moment." Except for the ballad, the songs were similar in form; they began with a Belle and Sebastian like delicacy and built up to a passionate central moment that belied the simplicity of the band's instruments (drummer Shawn Sears plays only a bass...

Author: By Jessica A. Nordell, | Title: Divine Retribution | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...haven't heard any official statement from Kamil of her progressive platform, but I'm secretly hoping that she'll bring it out once her term officially begins," Danganan says. "I'm really hoping she'll bring back the fervor of social action from Lamelle's days...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Left Meets Right | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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