Word: pense
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Will the time come when an American songwriter, seeking to capture the essence of France, pens a lyrical ode to Le Burger King or McDonald's? Will the Hemingways, the Sartres and the Picassos of the next century debate ideas while dining out on le hamburger and le Coca-Cola...
Aging yuppies love Hemingway. Manly men wannabes are buying Hemingway-brand eyeglasses and Hemingway pens, and doing rugged vacations the Hemingway. In an American Express ad, the owner of Harry's Bar (the author's favorite) ! describes the big guy's love of martinis. Warning for marlin: this trend is...
Some of Reich's critics target him personally as a "self-promoter" and "pamphleteer" -- in part, no doubt, out of resentment of his productivity and fame. These chafe many economics professors because Reich, often described as an economist, does not hold a degree in that subject. He received his degrees...
Lee sketches Malcolm's life colorfully, if by the numbers. But he falls victim to the danger of movie biography: he elevates Malcolm's importance until the vital historical context is obscured. Malcolm came of age in an era of great black oratory. Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton...
Ghostwriter, the Workshop's newest offering, is trumpeted as its most ambitious effort since Sesame Street made its debut more than 20 years ago. A half-hour mystery-adventure series whose goal is to promote literacy among grade-school children, the show is part of a wide-ranging educational effort...