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Schine leaves us with a paraphrased section of a biology text and a set of journal entries sparkling with banality. At one point, underdeveloped character aboard ship Gloria screams, "Blame it one the stars!" Perhaps they are the culprits. But fate aside, Freud, Marx and all of the jargon undermine Schine's witty prose. As Jane's mother tells her daughter, the reader might associate with the author: "You are a girl of conviction. I admire that...
...sharp contrast to the almost mournful Kyrie, the Gloria began in an exuberant burst of energy from the entire chorus and orchestra. Celebrating the glory of God, Beethoven managed to represent this feeling of joyful gratitude through a wide variety of tonal colors and a quicker tempo. It was in the solo sections of the Gloria that the audience first got to really hear the warm, haunting voice of mezzo-soprano Rasmussen, a good match for Brewer's soprano...
...principle (he went to jail to uphold the First Amendment) with a self-deprecating candor (he doesn't pretend that men buy his magazine to read the profiles). But Hustler's taste for barnyard animals and meat grinders in close proximity to unairbrushed women is so gross that Gloria Steinem and Jerry Falwell found themselves on the same side against him. Still, it takes a rich pornographer with nothing to lose to give vent to the dark impulse in the human heart to cook up sauce for the gander. He explains that he's one of the few people with...
...numerous guests, who included Gloria Steinem, Michael S. Dukakis '60, William F. Buckley, and John F. Kennedy, Jr., lined up and crowded around Galbraith hoping to have their pictures taken with the professor...
...years I have watched "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a regular basis. Like many Americans, I have been entertained by her interviews with everyone from Michael Jordan to LeAnn Rimes to Meryl Streep. I've watched Oprah make potato salad with Patti Labelle, dance with Tina Turner and Gloria Estefan, and sing with Elton John. And I'll admit that on certain occasions--when a family is finally reunited or when a particularly homely homemaker is given the makeover of her dreams--I have been touched. Maybe even inspired...