Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...science and economics concentrators in particular, "the main thing is the research," says Steven D. Chessler '86, a Biochemistry concentrator whose thesis--concerning gene regulation--will rely on experiments he has made with fruit flies...
...Each journey to Benares in the past 10 years has been connected to the idea that religion, which always perplexed me by its seeming remoteness, can be understood as a way of dealing with certain matters, in particular with what my sister Isabella called in one of her poems, 'it."' --Robert Gardner...
...unwanted and embarassing gift album, you need only to express definite and immutable musical preferences before your loved ones go out to squander their money on something that will make you the laughingstock of your school, church or place of employment. You should be firm: inform your particular nuclear unit that you will douse the tree with water, short-circuit the lights and burn down the living room if you do not get what you want. It's best to ask for a lot of records because the stores sometimes run out, leaving you again at the mercy...
Racer-X (Homestead Records) by Big Black: Guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini grew up in Middle America and now he's out to revenge himself on that particular bit of real estate. Big Black is the most violent, yet also the most listenable group of Homestead's recent post-punk crop. Both the songs--especially "The Ugly American"--and the liner notes show a sense of humor long gone from most rock and roll. This EP certainly beats Bing Crosby fists down: a must for anyone who burns Norman Rockwell paintings in his spare time...
...ironic that this particular message has fallen victim to the commercial messages. The Grinch supposedly discovers that Christmas does not come from a package, that it is not all commercialism. But the network executives at ABC proved the Grinch dead-wrong, as they stole time from under him for just such commercialism: advertisements. Commercialization of holidays is always crass, but especially during the Grinch. Unfortunately this year's Grinch did show the true meaning of Christmas...