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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This irrelevancy is itself somewhat interesting when one considers Mailer's career. I can only guess that after Mailer's powerful and fruitful engagement in public affairs in the '50s and '60s, the much discussed stagnation of the '70s finally filled him with boredom, a boredom with society that festered even as he wrote the Marilyn Monroe books and The Executioner's Song. A desire to get the heavyweight crown for imagination was probably not the only thing that drove him to Egypt. Disaffection and disgust could well have had a lot to do with it. Mailer may have imagination...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Ancient Flatulence | 5/12/1983 | See Source »

...understand that Warren had different priorities than the rest of us." Sands says. "Our relationship has had its ups and downs, but I really respect the fact that he's been able to do well with both I guess this year has been his best year...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Tennis Triumvirate | 5/10/1983 | See Source »

...They're working hard, and if they can finish by finals [which begin at the end of May for Dartmouth] my guess is they'll have a student government," said Robert B. Graham '42, director of the Darmouth News Service...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: Indifference Tempers Winds of Change | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

Even with this informality, participants are quick to guess the outcome. With the series tied at 1-1, this game will decide the series lead, and both teams are confident they will come out on top. "We won last year's game and we're going to win this year," said South House Coach Robert Kuhn, who doubles as a tutor...

Author: By Mark Mead, | Title: Annual Cricket Match Set for Sunday | 5/6/1983 | See Source »

...superb Larry Bangor and his band Wild Kingdom, formerly Human Sexual Response. If only the program could have cited all the music incorporated into the work--the opening bars of The Clash's "The Call-up" were clearly audible at one point, but nowhere acknowledged. It's impossible to guess how many other elements are mixed into the chaos: after all, there's an awful lot going...

Author: By Kathleen I. Kouril, | Title: Too Many Cooks | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

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