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...have referred to Train of Life as "a metaphor for life itself." What does the ending imply for life...

Author: By By PATTY Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Train of Life: An Interview with Director Radu Mihaileanu | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...said that the book of Genesis should be taken as literal history, not a cultural metaphor...

Author: By Scott A. Rechler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scholars Debate Creationsit Theories | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

...Tuskegee experiment has become a metaphor and code word for the mistreatment of black people in the medical profession, Thomas said...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...finds herself in an unnamed American city. Her journey comprises stories of rape and incest, murder and solicitation, placed in a mythical context of forests and magic. A "man in the forest laughing with little pointed teeth" violates her, yet gives her a Faberge egg. This egg becomes the metaphor for Ilana's life and spirituality, though the connection remains weak due to Budnitz's style problems. She writes, "I did not tell her about the egg. I should have flung it away when I ran, but I had been too frightened to think. So I kept...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If I Told You Once, It Would Be Enough | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...Vieques is the metaphor for Peurto Rico--Peurto Rico does not hold any levers in the decision making process. It is the US government that makes decisions," Rodriquz-Orellana said. "The core of the issue is colonialism, which has already been established to be immoral and illegal...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Naval Occupation of Vieques | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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