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...visionary world view of the incoming Clinton Administration. Not a cheerleader by nature, Kennedy makes scant secret of his skepticism: "In the unlikely event that government and societies do decide to transform themselves, we ought to recognize that our endeavors might have only a marginal effect on the profound driving forces of today's world." If Kennedy truly feels that fatalistic, one fears that his next best-selling synthesis -- coming out around the turn of the millennium -- may be titled The Rise and Fall of a Great Planet...
...that no government in your country's history has ever done." The economic crisis "is every bit as profound as those we have faced in the past." In fact, "if we don't reform our economic policies . . . 10 years from now we won't even recognize the country." For openers, "we risk losing the standard of living that we have taken for granted for so many years." But Americans will make the sacrifices required -- most prominently, paying $150 billion or so in new or increased taxes over the next four years -- because they never fail to heed "alarm bells...
...Profundis" (1991), which Rzewski performed next, is a setting of eight paragraphs from a letter written in prison by Oscar Wilde; the pianist reads aloud and plays simultaneously. The text is an earnest and profound metaphysical meditation which Rzewski subjected to an affected, overinflected reading and interspersed with voiced breathing and noises of laughter and singing that bordered on the maniacal. Rzewski accompanied one passage by slapping himself and drumming his fingers on the closed piano lid, another (about the imperfections of governments) with the squeaking of a toy horn. In these instances the effect was derisive, whatever the intention...
...ethnicity with race, "as a primary analytical category." Such an essentialist approach precludes an inter-ethnic discourse and stifles any contribution by ethnic minorities to mainstream American culture. Multicultural studies tries to move away from a criterion of "race" to one of "ethnicity" in order to pursue a more profound understanding of cultural experience...
Beneath its polished surface, this novel of love, taste and manners is a profound tale of shame and self-destruction. Begley is a fine technician who employs proven devices: the narrator who feeds gossip to readers as if they were old lunch companions; the private letters and journal entries that reveal the hidden flaws in an outwardly flawless character...