Word: mindedness
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At least the magazine seems more appropriate to the 90s mood. For the Moment sex involves computers, romance novels are not fit for the likes of Harvard Square, and our usually family-minded arts pages highlight necrophilia and S&M. But we couldn't help but take a trip to...
There are exceptions: one story (That Old Picayune-Moon) is very funny, a fabulous, ranting, nine page put-down which takes the form of a Letter to the Editor, full of zinging male bluster: "And then along came that greasy, flabby small-minded, mealy-mouthed, pasty-faced, and potato-headed...
Or are these seeming plot discontinuities simply a literal-minded, white way of misreading an Indian story? Maybe, maybe not. At any rate, Erdrich's central theme comes through clearly: reservation life does little to preserve the strengths of Native American culture and is a cruel hothouse for its weaknesses...
Demme, sanguine with success, is ready to absolve the most rabid critic of Philadelphia. "We knew we were bound to tick somebody off," he says. "Actually, I was hoping to catch the ire of Jesse Helms -- that sort of terminally closed-minded person. I made this movie for people like...
Aides say Clinton is aware of the problem but has trouble taking the steps to correct it. Where once he participated in grueling, two- and three-hour briefings on everything from the budget to the rehiring of fired air-traffic controllers, he has begun to realize that he was having...