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...recent influx of children of the 80s got you reminscing about the days when Cindy Lauper was an American icon and "Smurfs on Ice" was the ultimate in Saturday night entertainment? Slip into your leg warmers and party at the Leverett 80s Dance. 9 p.m., Leverett Dining Hall...
...that Microsoft engaged in a pattern of "predatory acts" involving many key technology players, including America Online and Compaq. Justice says Microsoft used improper coercion to get these companies to help it crush Netscape. In the case of America Online, the government says, Microsoft refused to put AOL's icon on the Windows desktop unless AOL abandoned Netscape in favor of Internet Explorer. With Compaq, the government says, Microsoft threatened to terminate the company's license for Windows after it dropped Explorer in favor of Navigator...
Roberts aspired to paint vigorous narratives of national identity, of hard, challenging work in the bush: A Break Away!, 1891, his rendering of young jackeroos (Australian for cowboys) galloping furiously to head off a stampeding mob of sheep, remains a national icon a century later. Streeton painted not wilderness but settled pastoral land, framed by vast space. In The Purple Noon's Transparent Might, 1896 (the title is from Shelley: culturally, England still bore strongly on these highly nationalist artists), the high-keyed light and crisp, decisive brushwork create a broad, deep and coherent space brimming with heat...
Williams theorized that Winfrey's involvement in the movie has increased her pull as a media icon and makes her a candidate for the transformation of cultural ideals...
...questions: Isn't it strange that this woman who used language worthy of a Ku Klux Klan member is now hailed as a feminist icon...