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...definitely want to take every thing one step at a time," Burke said. "That sounds like a generic response, but it's true in our case--once we get out on the field, our goals will become more concrete...

Author: By Patty W. Seo, | Title: GOING BACK TO THE BASICS | 3/4/1993 | See Source »

Confused? If you think it's vexing telling a notebook from a subnotebook, wait until you try distinguishing one notebook model from another. There are at least 100 U.S. nationally advertised vendors who market notebooks, many of whom sell generic systems manufactured by a small number of Taiwan companies...

Author: By Haibin Hu, | Title: P.C. CORNER | 3/2/1993 | See Source »

Rothenberg first became noticed in New York in the mid-1970s, with a series of paintings that depicted -- of all things -- horses. Despite her other merits, she is no George Stubbs, and her horses were of a generic cast, crude silhouettes with a certain amount of texture and internal patterning but no modeling, with heads like wombats' and hooves of clay. The surprise that they occasioned at the time came less from their fidelity to the equine form than from the fact that they were there on canvas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Signs of Anxiety | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

...with FAG (Freshman Arts Group) scrawled across his forehead was not a premeditated statement on homosexuality or homophobia. This lack of intended statement was the whole point. The letters F-A-G were taken out of political context and, after quick examination, became, instead, the innocuous acronym of a generic-sounding art group. We admit the seeming lack of creativity, but we are officially recognized as the Freshmen Arts Group; that is our name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts Group Intended No Offense | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

...these sacrifices we're willing to make to fix America? Drive more efficient cars, switch to generic nicotine, forswear government aid we don't really need and pay more tax if we're at the top of the heap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: What You Can Do for Your President | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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