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...debate, and to a certain extent it did. After all, as the panelists kept repeating, feminism means different things to different people. But in spite of the imperfectly defined subject matter, the discussion was a success because each panelist gave his or her own definition of feminism at the outset and a uniform opinion emerged--that at its most basic level, feminism is the expectation or demand that women be viewed as equal to men in the eyes of the law and of society...
...recognized from the outset that because this project is near a neighborhood edge that there would certainly be interests and concerns voiced by the neighbors," says Mary H. Power, Harvard's director of community relations for Cambridge. "With that in mind we decided that it was necessary to engage the neighborhood directly in the planning...
...forest: monkeys, army ants, poisonous frogs. Below, on a path, a woman and four girls, all in shirtwaist dresses. "Seen from above this way," writes novelist Barbara Kingsolver at the outset of The Poisonwood Bible (HarperCollins; 546 pages; $26), "they are pale, doomed blossoms, bound to appeal to your sympathies. Be careful. Later on you'll have to decide what sympathy they deserve." Fair warning, though what the reader must decide before finishing this turbulent, argumentative narrative goes beyond judging four white American daughters and their mother, set down deep in the Congo in the precarious year...
...From the outset of Armand, it becomes evident just how fascinated Rice is by her subject. Rice bestows upon her novel one of the most complimentary gifts any writer can give--an image-rich setting. Couched in the velvet, vibrance and vixens of medieval Constantinople and Venice, Armand continues the vampire exposition that began with Interview with the Vampire. Figuring to a small degree in Interview (whose later film spawned my eighth-grade obsession with Brad Pitt) was Armand, the head of the Paris coven of vampires. How was it that Armand rose to such otherworldly prominence? Armand relates...
...quick to tamper with success. Though some post-cold war cutbacks are inevitable and necessary, history shows that in the end it is always less costly to our sons and daughters in uniform when we can meet any foe with overwhelming superiority from the very outset. JERRY KOCH Studio City, Calif...