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Dates: during 1990-1999
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History's battered image as something of a lesser social science is also due to a mistaken notion that "anyone can do it," More than any other area of study, history seems like the same sort of thing we all did in high school. (English is a close second, but find me a high school sophomore who knows what "deconstructionist" means), As a biology concentrator and former roommate once said to me, "Gosh, Lori, I don't see why you're so bad at remembering facts. After all, you're the history major...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Confessions of a Group III History Concentrator | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Fini joined politicians in condemning skinhead violence. He said the - marchers in Vicenza should be "put in coal mines so they can break rocks with their heads." When told that his National Alliance colleague Buontempo thought highly of the demonstrators, Fini simply said, "Buontempo is mistaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-DAY: Fascism | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...Freshman year I will certainly admit to havinggone through the essential 'come to Harvardthinking you know what you are doing and find outthat you are sadly mistaken," she says. Kaplan hadbeen planning to major in science, but changed hermind when she found the Physics department"unfriendly...

Author: By Christine M. Griffin, | Title: Folk and Myth: Beyond Witches & Ouijas | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

Despite this evidence of "normality," Folk andMyth is unlikely to be mistaken for the Governmentdepartment anytime soon...

Author: By Christine M. Griffin, | Title: Folk and Myth: Beyond Witches & Ouijas | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

...scene in which she entertains the two reporters is one of the funniest of the play. As the lecherous old Uncle William, Greg Clayman is also quite amusing, and the skillful makeup job of Rosetta Lee makes his protrayal even more convincing. His handling of the standard mistaken-identity plot is cute if short-lived, and quickens the otherwise leisurely pace a bit; the play, especially in the first couple of scenes, does tend to lag due to some awkward staging...

Author: By Diane E. Levitan, | Title: High-Toned Streets of Philadelphia | 5/5/1994 | See Source »

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