Word: generale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Papandreou discussed the importance of global cooperation in general...
...other hand, Bourke's use of first-hand material is admirable; she deftly explores soldiers' letters and diaries. Perhaps this book would be better read as a collection of war narratives than as a general history of killing...
...fooled by the book's title, though, for Kugel's book is not a close reading of biblical poetry. Indeed, the psalms, songs, proverbs and prophecies that serve as the "subjects" for each chapter are little more than jumping-off points for explorations of more general Biblical ideas. An excerpt from the book of Amos, for example, gives Kugel the opportunity to discuss the nature of the Biblical prophet, while the quotation itself receives only minor attention. And, while famous Psalm 137--"By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept"--allows Kugel to comment on exile as well...
...writing to protest Hugh Liebert's column ("The American Invasion," Oct. 26), where he laments the way American Top 40 music has corrupted global culture. Indeed, Top 40 music is often idiotic and profoundly uninteresting; however, Liebert makes the mistake of conflating Top 40 with rock music in general. Top-40 is produced and promoted by a few profit-seeking major record labels like RCA, Columbia, and Warner Brothers, which release same-sounding music in hopes of discovering the next big hit. This "rock star" approach is deeply at odds with a more vital function of rock music, that...
...15th anniversary celebration. Like any female folkie, Williams strums with her hands and sings with her voice, but shouts with her heart. The result is an avalanche of feeling and experience and pointfulness whose depth reflects perfectly the spirit of MIT's program, women's studies programs in general, and every woman's particular search for a point...