Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students who awarded Cruise "Man of the Year" must think they have a definite idea, but the actor himself seemed genuinely puzzled. In any case, the Hasty Pudding only has the latest word on the Tom Cruise phenomenon...
That's about it. Not another idea or phenomenon disturbs the flow -- that's probably the right word -- of the narration. As with any extended porn, the book is a highly elaborate tease, sillier and more exotic with each chapter. It's not ugly stuff, as such things go; Strine isn't a rapist or even a thief, though he does steal peeks. Ogling is really all he's interested in, and all that Baker seems to feel readers need to sustain their interest. That's fairly patronizing and more than a little feebleminded, though maybe he is right. Still...
...pardon the rambling analogy of an economics (and history) concentrator, I liken this phenomenon to a system of credits and debits in which we all try to avoid red ink on the balance sheet of our personal pride...
...diva in particular, Maria Callas, is given an entire chapter. "The Callas Cult" discusses what Koestenbaum admits is a gay phenomenon much larger than that of the opera queen. Her life (more, specifically, her affair with Aristotle Onassis) assumed tabloid proportions; she was mainstream enough to be mentioned in Marilyn Monroe movies; and her personality, both bitchy and warm in practically the same instant, is well reputed. He life, in short, was an opera unto itself. In the interview, Koestenbaum agrees that the dead Callas seems even more of a cultural power than she did while she was alive...
...wonders of the universe while simultaneously experiencing the processes of art, you should visit David Ward's exhibition, "Keepers of Light" at the Sackler Museum. The show examines the foundations of light, and more importantly, human involvement as an integral agent in the creation and perception of this phenomenon. Ward suggests that light is a mystical, or even spiritual, entity that evokes the haunting beauty of life...