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...seems that there exists a final club culture which creates an environment where such foolish behavior is given a place to flourish. This culture privileges allegiance between members over any other obligation, even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arbitrary Discipline? | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...push legal and social boundaries by initiating sex counseling, founding the American Birth Control League (which became, in 1942, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America) and organizing the first international population conference. Eventually her work would extend as far as Japan and India, where organizations she helped start still flourish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margaret Sanger | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...society as a whole. Affirmative action wants to correct past racism, sexism and other "isms" with new ones. Where does this end? Do we suppress white males until they need an affirmative action of their own? This type of correction sets one group back so the others can flourish, hurting everyone in the process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against Affirmative Action | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...intelligent that if he invests himself in a film there's good reason to believe it has merit. There is also reason to hope it will be a success. While it's satisfying to see certain stars get their comeuppance, Hanks seems to be someone who deserves to flourish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: We Do Not Have Lift-Off | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...unable to take our eyes away. Here again Walker allies herself with the writers of 19th century slave narratives who knew all too well that violence and sexual titillation wee useful tools for attracting readers to the horrors of their plight. Walker admits to her "love for the unnecessary flourish," and it is precisely those formal details, whether salacious contours or languorous gaps, which captivate and torment...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walker Show Subverts Racial Stereotypes | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

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