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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shackleton explained to us that Cicero took on Mark Antony because he thought he could win--he didn't do it to be a martyr. But at the end, he decides he prefers death to running away," Segal says...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Bailey Goes to Broadway | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

President: George and his refrigerator Business Card Editor: Joe "I am not a martyr" Kahn Eighth Congressional Editor: Martha "Vote for Bachrach" Bridegam University Hall Editor: Cristina "Yes Joe, I'll write an ed piece" Coletta Friends of the Summer Times Editor: Maia "9 to 5" Harris Hackensack and Berkshires Editor: Jon "Pleeeese write a Confi Picce" Moses Kahn Social Secretary: Shari "I am going swimming" Rudavsky Classical Music Editor: Jim "Whaaaaaat" Schwartz Postal Director: Jim "ten more minutes" Solomon Communication Editor: Bruce "Take this job and..." Kluckhohn Janitor: Brentwood "aka Beej aka BJ" Martin Lunch at Grendels Editor: Dahlia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor For This Issue : | 8/15/1986 | See Source »

...could play the martyr and put Cabot down as my first choice. Any fun I'd have there would be like revenge...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Playing the Lottery | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

Given this record of disrespect for the dead, is it surprising then that Christa McAuliffe is being touted as a martyr for a cause other than the one she lived...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: No Way To Treat A Hero | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

...volume for the big screen, Gage has sacrificed much of the undercover reportage that made Eleni such a good read. He relies instead on a top-heavy selection of sentimental flashbacks featuring Eleni selflessly ministering to the needs of her children, sanctifying her as the archtypical Grecian mother-martyr. In so doing, Gage forgoes the realistic context essential to the docu-drama style he is ostensibly seeking (and had achieved in the book), ending up instead with a tear-soaked, superficial Monday Night at the Movies...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: The Gospel of St. Eleni | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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