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When one of our babies woke up before dawn, did I recite The Canterbury Tales to her in a way that stimulated the bejesus out of her brain circuitry, or did I just mutter unintelligibly, "Where the hell did she throw the bottle now?" At this point, it isn't even easy to remember precisely what I said to my kids when they were teenagers. Just last month I got in touch with both of my daughters to make sure we'd remembered to tell them not to join any cults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT? | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...successfully to the students' myriad complaints. The prevailing sentiment among the Faculty, according to Rosenblatt, seems to have been, "If you want it, take it." He says: "I do not know why, but there was an impulse running under the events of that spring to let things go to hell, and it was acted upon by young and old alike...

Author: By Nicholas Corman, | Title: A War-Torn Tale from Home | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

Call it the Neverending Party, or the Anniversary from Hell. The play is set in present-day New York in the home of an upperclass couple, Charlie and Myra Brock. It is the night of their 10th wedding anniversary, and they are giving--or are supposed to be giving--a party to celebrate the occasion. The first guests, Ken Gorman (Jed Silverstein '97) and wife Chris (Abigail H. Gray '99), arrive just in time to hear the sound of a gunshot. Upon rushing up to the bedroom, they discover that Charlie, for motives unknown, has shot himself...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: How to Make 'Rumors' Flourish | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

...right, nobody cares. You just want to see the volcano that ate L.A. If so, you'll have a hell-lava time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: IT LAVAS L.A. | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

Nobody will be forever happy in paradise or suffer forever in hell. Thus, we followers of Buddha do not aim for any form of paradise but seek Nirvana--emptiness, nonexistence. Of the three ways to acquire knowledge--studying, contemplating and practicing--Nirvana can only be known through practice. KYAW KYAW Kelantan, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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