Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...latter charge, Genovese would proudly plead guilty. An avowed enemy of p.c. conformity, he says "the situation on the campuses is beneath contempt." Many of the unrepentant leftists he wants to come clean are either tolerant of or else advocates for a "new version of totalitarianism" in academe that seeks to suppress all views other than their own. In Dissent Genovese writes, "We of the left may claim for ourselves no rights that we are not prepared to grant others...
...inkling of the bizarre waters ahead comes from the titles of the movements in the Suites. Named like conventional dance movements, we have waltzes, polkas, a march and even a foxtrot. Yes, one could actually dance to this music. As with much of "classical jazz" composed until the latter half of the century--jazz authored by so-called classical composers--Shostakovich's suites leave no room for improvisation and are embarrassingly strict in time and rhythm...
More and more, however, in rock -- and also in rap and R. and B. -- men and women are forming bands in which the latter not only sing but play instruments and write songs too. Some tough all-female bands have formed that give a womanist twist to the raucous sound usually associated with all-buddy bands, but the more remarkable and successful phenomenon has been bands with men and women playing together. Very fine albums by the Cranberries and Smashing Pumpkins have sold more than a million copies each. Coed bands are also on the cutting edge...
Schlaifer's book Probability and Statisticsfor Business Decisions, published in 1959, isconsidered a classic in the field. Other booksinclude Analysis of Decisions Under Uncertaintyand Introduction to Statistical DecisionTheory, the latter co-written with Raiffa...
...misery of the city"s black ghettos, the unspeakable wealth of Beverly Hills. As a writer seeking to capture the spirit of place, Peter Theroux is a kinder, gentler clone of his older brother Paul (The Happy Isles of Oceania, Riding the Iron Rooster.) . For all their sparkle, the latter's travel books are suffused with a sour misanthropy : the natives are usually too noisy or too smelly or otherwise lacking in the finer human attributes...