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...CAVEAT LECTOR...The Tikkun Anthology is not another bleeding-heart liberal anthology of essays that weepingly and wimpily decry the Reagan years for its racism, heterosexism, classicism and militarism. Indeed, the one thing that characterizes this anthology is the consistently well-reasoned positions of its authors...
Silence of the Lambs and similar movies are wildly popular for their suspense and their portrayal of psychotic villains, and perhaps it is a sad commentary on modern society that so many people are fascinated by evil and death. However, no matter how evil Hannibal Lector and his brethren may be, the fact remains that in real life they never killed anyone. Criminals like Hill and Dahmer did. Though some may find their stories gripping, society--and the Supreme Court--should not provide an incentive for people who have caused so much pain to publish, and profit from, the tales...
Even more respected than the union leaders in those days were the lectores, or readers. Cigar workers contributed 25 cents a week to pay these so-called princes of the factories to read to them while they worked. Perched on a platform high above the cigar rollers, the lector (who earned the then exorbitant salary of $80 a week) would usually spend two hours in the morning reading newspapers and periodicals. After a hearty lunch, he would resume in the afternoon with the classics. The works of Victor Hugo, Cervantes, Emile Zola, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Shakespeare were all eagerly absorbed...
...screwed into the hull guide anglers to cool underground springs in ponds and lakes where fish like to congregate on hot summer days. Similarly, pH meters dragged at various depths help locate acidity "clines," or layers, where fish are apt to feed. Lake Systems Division's $630 Multi-C-Lector, in addition to measuring temperature and pH, also detects water clarity clines, using an underwater light meter. It then suggests which color lures are most likely to catch a fish...