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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understanding and appreciating the material. Paglia's previous attacks on specific Harvard professors are particularly misdirected. Is anyone else willing to make the ridiculous claim that Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler, who has devoted her life to the study of poetry, doesn't display a proper reverence and respect...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: The Real Postmodern Dilemma | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

Karen Lawley, head of biology and biochemistry laboratory safety, agrees that proper training is crucial...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Can We Prevent Chemical Spills? | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...disillusionment that seems to cast its shadow most often upon the main characters. In "Willing," an actress finds herself without money and fame, moves back home and takes up with an auto mechanic: "It had taken on the shape of a terrible mistake. She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with...She'd been given a can of gravy and a hairbrush and told `There you go.'" In "Real Estate," a woman named Ruth becomes so dissatisfied with her life that she finds metaphysical consolation only in firing guns. This story contain two plots...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All Heroine, No High | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...third and central work of Calasso's five-book project about mythical and intellectual beginnings. The first book in the series was the critically and popularly acclaimed The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, which recounted with proper flair and fervor the entire chronology and theogeny of Greek and Roman mythology for over-stimulated postmodern audience. Next came The Ruin of Kasch, which told of how modern culture and ideas can spring from the complete decimation of a past culture. In Ka, Calasso tackles the myths of the Indian subcontinent and traces the theological origins of that culture from these stories...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Indian Campfire Tales | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...response to an audience member's question, Carson acknowledged that his work has sparked some controversy. Carson said he thought he was able to place King's words in the proper context, even though he never met the civil rights leader...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: King Historian Introduces His New 'Autobiography' | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

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