Word: quilts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Midwest is carved up into six mile square townships--a rigid form imposed on the land. Michael Martone, the editor of the collection, describes the Midwest as a quilt of these squares. In some parts the colors bleed, unwilling to submit to these lifeless, arbitrary lines; in others, the unnatural has become natural, and the imposed forms lend meaning to life...
...Paglia is determined to hit a few frontiers too. Kafka once said "a book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us." Paglia wants to write that book -- "not the Band-Aid, not the comforter, not the down quilt...
...long-term problems of a country that simply did not learn how to feed itself during seven decades of communist rule. Nor can it ease the bitterness of many citizens who, though they never enjoyed abundance, remember how they once lived in a superpower rather than a patchwork quilt of fledgling states reduced to begging for help. If Yeltsin and the democrats cannot soon bring about an economic turnaround, Russians who now wait patiently in lines may demand any kind of government that will give them bread. In addition to milk, butter and meat, another vital item is in short...
...nationalism. European kings and queens traditionally exacted loyalty to themselves as representatives of a royal family, not embodiments of an ethnic or cultural type. Czardom was rough on some minorities, notably Jews and Muslims. But it was surprisingly tolerant of most of the non-Russians who made up its quilt of an empire. Czarist indulgence extended even to the Mennonites, German-speaking Protestant pacifists, the boat people of 18th century Europe, whom hardly any other country would tolerate. As long as the Mennonites in Russia kept to themselves, the Romanovs didn't care how they spoke or prayed...
Other activities the group is considering includes meeting with a Palestinian women's group and discussing the Middle East peace process. In addition, members suggested making a patchwork quilt, folk dancing and a cooking get-together as possible activities...