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If we had Royal House of Washington, we would never have to critique our president on grounds of photogenic attributes instead of his or her political agendas. Their families would not get flak for not being quite perfect, if the rather antiquated 1950s illusion of the white working father, patient...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, | Title: American Royalty | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Often details in his paintings seem to jump out at us, rather than remaining obediently where they should. For example, the red hat band in "On the Upper Deck," looks as though it is sitting on the surface of the canvas as opposed to on the hat in the image...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Portrait of a Cubist as a Young Man | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

Caleb Carr's gaslit narrative style has gained a touch of weight since his agreeable turn-of-the-century detective novel The Alienist (1994), but perhaps no more than success justifies. The reader is inclined to nod indulgently--at the new novel's 629 pages, at the rustle of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: MURDER MOST FEMALE | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

I am hard-pressed to have the willpower to sit down in a quiet room to write or read, knowing full well that the quiet is a fragile illusion wont to be broken by any family member steamrolling through, wanting the use of a television or a telephone and creating...

Author: By Bonnie Tsui, | Title: At Home, Desirous of Inner Space | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

The rest should be history on some cutting room floor. Sadly, the likes of "Sloaches Fun House" and "Barflies" made it somehow, stunning in just how uninteresting and blandly, almost methodically offensive they are. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" features bad music; "Illusion of Life" never delivers; "Little Rude Riding...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sick and Twisted | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

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