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Sixteen-year-old Lizinka Tachezy, the title character, is the "femme fatale" par excellence. Drifting through the book in the innocent stupor of childishness, she neither acts nor reacts to the other characters. Her presence stimulates them, while she remains passive. When a shy, poetic classmate of hers feels that his love for Lizinka has been repulsed, he commits murder and then suicide. Later, Assistant Professor Simsa becomes attracted to his pupil, but finds that his impotence is directly proportional to his desire. In a brutal and surreal scene, he takes Lizinka to a prison and tries to rape...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Torture and Taboo | 3/19/1981 | See Source »

Following Sands in the number two slot will be caption Don Pompan. Pompan, in his final year of competition, has represented Harvard at the NCAA championships for the last two consecutive years and has consistently played up to par with the best the Ivies have to offer...

Author: By Janie Smith, | Title: Netmen Psyched for California Slate | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

...from two in the afternoon until about six in order to sleep. As a result, dinner time is around ten in the evening. But it's worth the wait. The regional individuality that causes so many headaches for the national government has produced a cuisine perhaps not on a par with that of the French, but superior to it in variety. The best part is that you can get a three-course meal anywhere in Spain for three or four dollars...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Remains of a Romantic Vision | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

...safe to say that UNH represents women's hockey par excellence. In four years of varsity competition, the Wildcats have compiled a 70-0-1 ledger, including victories over Canadian powerhouse Concordia (UNH tied Providence, 6-6, two years...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: UNH, Friars Win in Women's Puck | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...when Wilson discusses humans does he receive the attention of a broad and motley audience of anthropologists, philosophers and historians. There are two possible explanations. One might be that while Wilson's analysis of species below homo sapiensis scientifically masterful, his discussion of humans is simply not up to par and his new audience is taking him to task. This is probably not the case. Instead, Wilson's writing about humans are simply unacceptable, either psychologically or politically, to many people. But what makes his writing so inflammatory...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: The Natural vs. the Natural | 1/16/1981 | See Source »

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