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...implications of literary history for hermeneutics. Nowhere is this radical project illustrated better than in the humorous and ingenious, "My Monster/My Self", in which Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is read as an autobiographical confession of maternal rejection. The literary monster is analyzed as product of "a single parent household," the unwanted brainchild of a mad (pro)creator, who in childhood was abandoned by her own mother...
...intersect with retired Air Force Major General Richard V. Secord. The blunt, no-nonsense West Point graduate has remained aloof and silent since the scandal broke last November. But beginning Tuesday, when he appears as the joint congressional committee's opening witness, the mysterious Secord may become a household name and perhaps the first man to piece together the complex puzzle of Iranscam...
...teaching." Her mother concurs, "It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home." Bradley Kulat, 25, makes about $20,000 a year as an equipment technician in a hospital. That is enough to support a modest household, but he chooses to live at his parents' split- level ranch house outside Chicago, as does his sister Pamela, 20, who commutes to a nearby college. He admits to expensive tastes. He recently bought an $8,000 car and also owns an $800 stereo system, a $300 ten-speed bike...
Soviet leaders have not suddenly discovered the magic of the marketplace. They are interested rather in bringing the country's flourishing underground economy under some control. Soviet economists estimate that 40% of all household services are performed illegally by moonlighters working nalevo, literally, on the left. The catch for the soon-to-be-legitimate business people is that the state will tax them. Entrepreneurs will pay a progressive income tax that starts at 13% for incomes of less than 250 rubles ($375) a month and rises above 50% for incomes of more than 500 rubles ($750). Since a hardworking plumber...
There is a feeling that the game has been modernized too much. Astroturf, indoor stadiums, polyester uniforms, aluminum bats, and the live ball have become household words for the baseball fan. The retreat from the polyester revolution has signaled a return to normality clean air, a fresh hot dog, green grass, and real uniforms. That's what the game is all about...