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Clarisse is "the painted lady" of the novel, a women so filled with self-doubt that when she coats herself in make-up she appears "grotesquely thick and gleaming," hiding herself behind a veneer of cosmetics. Yet Clarisse emerges as the heroine of the novel as something, perhaps a mutual pity, draws her and Julien together. It begins at the dinner table when "as he leaned to give her a light, and her shimmering fawncolored hair momentarily entered his field of vision, bringing with it a whiff of perfume, Julien discovered with surprise that he desire...
...some students have already expressed dissatisfaction with the council's exclusive make-up. The council's by-laws stipulate that officers of the council must be seeking a degree at the school. Currently only 5 percent of the school's 1100 students are working towards a degree...
...most unlikely that there will be a reallocation of resources of any substantial size, but not so much because the leader has to rely on the military--although neither of us would argue that the military has a veto authority. More important, there is nothing in the political make-up of Mr. Andropov which distinguishes him from other members of the Soviet political-military elite. After all, the military industrial complex is at the apex of Soviet power, an approach which has worked very well from their point of view, and there is no reason to change...
...dining hall table in Eliot House Peter Carruthers and Judy Blumberg could be any Harvard students. Peter dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, asks some of the guys around the table if they went out last night to party Judy could pass for any Radcliffe woman though her make-up looks almost professional...
...lack of understanding of a basic issue. An instructor who treat's a student as a sexual object cannot judge that student's work impartially. In addition, the harassed student is working in a hostile environment, and the work produced will reflect the added strain. One wonders how many make-up exams are taken because strain in the classroom prevented the student from completing the required work on time...