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Originally, believe it or not, reading period was (gasp!) a period for reading--for catching up on texts not read during the term or for reading new books which would provide fresh insights on materials presented within the scope of a given course. It was a time to reexamine some of the ideas discussed early in the semester and to prepare for exams...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Revamping "Reading Period" | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

...again. Exploiting white America's ignorance of historic racial oppression, Hollywood casts a spotlight on the rich but neglected story of the black struggle for equal rights. As has happened with every popular work on the subject, from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Roots, Mississippi Burning evokes a gasp of horrified discovery from many whites who act as if they are learning about the viciousness of slavery and segregation for the very first time. Unfortunately, the film does little to deepen the knowledge of its audience. Though its producers say the movie is fictional, they so artfully commingle fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Just Another Mississippi Whitewash | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

Chapter five: Gasp, Cole meets up with the same Rutgers man in the finals and sweats out a 3-1 victory. End of story...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Cole Digs up Victory; Wrestlers Take Eighth | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...event that TV historians may one day call the Last Gasp of the Mini- Series will come next week. That is when ABC launches the biggest, most expensive, most just-about-everything-else mini-series in TV history: Herman Wouk's War and Remembrance. A sequel to Wouk's The Winds of War, which drew vast ratings back in 1983, the drama will spend 32 hours (17 1/2 this month, an additional 14 or so next spring) recounting America's experience in World War II, mostly through the eyes of a fictional naval officer, Victor ("Pug") Henry, and his family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Most Everything Mini-Series | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...Crimson showed the experience it had gained from previous close losses by hanging tough in the closing minutes of play. Yale's last gasp with three minutes to play, brought about by several poor Harvard passes in its defensive end, fell short when the Crimson finally got control of the ball and forced it out of its end of the field...

Author: By Caroline Miller, | Title: Stickwomen Break Bulldog Jinx, 2-1 | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

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