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Several schools of literary theory hold that readers have no business being interested in the private lives of authors; words on a page are utterly distinct from their creators, and the words are what matter. In Hallucinating Foucault (Ecco; 175 pages; $21), Patricia Duncker plays entertaining variations on these arguments and on the relationships between readers and writers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A HOST OF DEBUTS | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

...Billy Bob...]...was in Dead Man, with Johnny Depp Johnny Depp was in Ed Wood, with Patricia Arquette Patricia Arquette was in Beyond Rangoon, with Frances McDormand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 24, 1997 | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Baiul's technique on the ice is pure poetry, but I think her Americanization may have led her to skate on thin ice. Maybe a trip back to her native Ukraine would help her over the perilous hurdles of the skating world. PATRICIA PURDIE Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...hope our grants mark the beginning of a renewed national commitment to training a new generation of educational researchers," said Patricia Albjerg Graham, president of the foundation...

Author: By Jessica H. Fong, | Title: GSE Gets $2 Million For Doctoral Students | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

...some ways the exaggerated, vowel-rich sounds of Parentese appear to resemble the choice morsels fed to hatchlings by adult birds. The University of Washington's Patricia Kuhl and her colleagues have conditioned dozens of newborns to turn their heads when they detect the ee sound emitted by American parents, vs. the eu favored by doting Swedes. Very young babies, says Kuhl, invariably perceive slight variations in pronunciation as totally different sounds. But by the age of six months, American babies no longer react when they hear variants of ee, and Swedish babies have become impervious to differences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FERTILE MINDS | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

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