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...ensuing debate has centered on a university's role in accommodating the myriad interests of its disparate ethnic, racial and religious groups...
...advertisement may overstate the case, butCounter's co-workers marvel at his constant energyand the myriad of jobs he manages to handle...
...other hand, mental-health professionals are supposedly better trained than other doctors to deal with the sexual feelings that arise during treatment. A patient's emotions toward the therapist are in fact a major tool in therapy. In a process known as transference, patients shift to the counselor the myriad feelings -- love, lust, anger, hate, admiration, envy -- that they harbor for significant people in their lives, including parents, siblings, lovers. By discussing those feelings in the safe shelter of a therapist's office, clients can confront troubling issues from their past...
Cara Polites, who plays the lead, lends admirable poise and sensitivity to a demanding role. As Indra's daughter, she is taken through myriad images in a dream, a voyage of revelation and discovery on Earth. Canosa uses skillful imagery to convey these scenes. Brightly colored cloths are used repeatedly in stark contrast to the darkness that fills the dream world of the Ex. They portray flowers, knowledge, shelter... Canosa sketches one vivid, transient image after another...
...numbers were wrong; it was that many of the stories read like morality tales, whispering threats about the cost of postponing marriage in favor of having a career. Fear of spinsterhood stormed into the popular culture, giving birth to a whole generation of desperate movie heroines, frantic sitcom spinsters, myriad self-help books...