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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More than the other films, "Decalogue 7"--"Thou shall not steal"--strikingly portrays how opposing figures can play the same roles. Majka bears a child at 16, which her mother claims as her own. Seven years later, Majka decides to steal her daughter back. The role of "thief" is a...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Director of 'Red' Brings Epic 'Decalogue' to the MFA | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

Such a lofty statement might, at first glance, seem to have little to do with everyday collegiate life. But the brutal beating of a high-school football recruit at the D.U. Club several weeks ago is a lens through which we can examine the nature of the College's justice...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: Justice Behind Closed Doors | 4/4/1995 | See Source »

Structurally, observes McGinnis, insect eyes are very different from the eyes of humans and other vertebrates. For instance, fruit-fly eyes are compound, meaning they are composed of many (in this case 800) individual units, each with its own miniature lens. The difference between a mouse eye, say, and a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JEEPERS! CREEPY PEEPERS! | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

Stakeout II: Joe Matthews '95 (former managing editor) called me for a special assignment: Staking out the subject of his article at the home of the subject's mistress. I was supposed to get shots of him entering the house at three in the morning. I was a little concerned...

Author: By Jamie W. Billett, | Title: Memoirs of a Photog | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

Though we have met each of her characters before, Sister Souljah's No Disrespect offers a lens to the rhythms and realities of young Black urban life, making her characters believable and impossible to dismiss, even when they aren't pretty to look at.

Author: By G. ALISHA Davis, | Title: 'Respect' Due to Sister Baring Her Soul | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

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