Word: marcuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...STEVEN MARCUS 271 pages. Random House...
...stories. Cast of millions. Final scenes yet to be written. Were he an American phenomenon, Engels would undoubtedly already have co-starred with Marx in a socialist version of a musical like 7776. In stead, he remains largely in the hands of ideologues, well-intentioned academ ics like Steven Marcus, professor of Eng lish at Columbia and author of a study of Victorian sexuality, The Other Victorians. In the first half of his Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class, Marcus does an excellent job describing the rise of industrialism in England. Yet the book is a kind of Jekyll...
...state has gone through a devaluation," writes Columnist Joel Marcus in the daily Ha'aretz, "a devaluation in leadership ability, devaluation in spirit, in values, in morale, in faith and self-confidence." Traditionally respected as the savior of the nation, even the army has come under attack for incompetence. Following a hue and cry about the lack of cold-weather gear for soldiers on the frosty Golan Heights, civilian volunteers and even tourists went up to the front to distribute American parkas, long underwear and woolen socks. The government is understandably apprehensive about the upcoming report of a blue...
...would yet demand other fantastic "signs of good faith" before releasing their captive?if it ever does. Patricia hinted in her first message that there is "an analogy" between her abduction and the police capture of two suspected S.L.A. members now charged with the murder last November of Dr. Marcus Foster, the black superintendent of schools in Oakland. Authorities expect that Patricia's kidnapers may well ultimately demand their release. Beyond that, some law-enforcement officials despair that, following the skyjacking syndrome, the S.L.A.'s sudden notoriety may already have loosed the seed of example for future senseless terrorism?even...
...first was the November murder of Marcus Foster, the black superintendent of Oakland's public schools. After Foster was gunned down in a darkened parking lot, the S.L.A. issued "Communique No. 1," taking credit for the gangland-style execution. The S.L.A. said that Foster had "been found guilty of supporting and taking part in crimes committed against the children" in Oakland's schools...