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...mess. This was perfectly true;semicolons were my downfall. After glancing at thesecond page, she handed the essay back to me, andinquired if I was taking Expository Writing. No, Iresponded, growing meeker by the minute, I'd beenexempt. My answer did not sit well with her, andshe expressed grave displeasure. Where exactly didI transfer form?, she inquired. the AmericanCollege of Singapore, I answered, Well, Idefinitely needed to take Expose, she said, and itwas imperative I go to the writing center before Iever tried to hand in a paper she assigned. Yes, Iagreed, feeling lilliputian. Maybe I'munaccustomed to the standards...
...half-century ago this year, the last world war ended with the surrender of the Axis powers. It left behind a European culture broken in half, a field of ashes, ruins and grave pits that mocked the crushed utopian fantasies of early modernism. How did the visual arts in Europe put themselves together from such destruction? What forms rose from this landscape-not only in painting and sculpture but also in photography, architecture and design-during the two decades of recovery after...
...winter of siege," Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey told reporters in Vienna. Britain and France, the main contributors to the U.N. military force in Bosnia, reacted with dismay. French President Jacques Chirac, on his first visit to Washington since taking office, cautioned Sarajevo that an offensive "would be a grave error." He joined Bill Clinton in an appeal to the Bosnians for a cease-fire...
...aspects of our lives are more dependent on basic and applied research," Rudenstine said. "We may well persuade ourselves into thinking that [reduced funding] will have no effects, but that would be a grave mistake...
...condition in which the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II was found is typical of the vandalism inflicted on Egyptian antiquities not only by local grave robbers but also by the early English and French plunderers who called themselves archaeologists. Don't look for the face missing from the statue of Osiris in the rubble of the room where the statue stands. It was probably stolen a hundred years ago. CHARLES E. HOGAN Hazelwood, Missouri...