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This is not an academic discussion, but a handbook for women. As such there is no need or extensive political and economic analysis of the pros and cons of working without pay. But a little less rabid partisanship would have produced a better and more well-reasoned book...
...wonder that even in the limited circulation of British "little magazines," Orwell attracted an international following-and a roster of rabid enemies. For though he thought of himself as a thoroughgoing leftist, he was in fact an enemy of all political movements. When other Etonians sought upward mobility, Orwell literally immersed himself in dirty water and coal dust to investigate the lives of the dishwasher and the miner. When his peers went up to London to seek careers, he went to Spain as a correspondent and stayed to fight against Franco's troops. When many fellow leftists sang...
Despite the recent indignation over violence in professional hockey, it should not be surprising that the spectator following should be so rabid, particularly in the congested metropolitan areas where legitimate expressions of violence are so limited. Many of the "silent majority" who feel so frustrated, angry and helpless today can readily identify with the beleaguered, assaulted hero of the "war on ice." They experience a vicarious satisfaction from the open aggression and mayhem on the ice, and indeed, it is powerfully exhilarating to let one's emotions "all hang...
...Crimson varsity hockey team skated into the ECAC finals last night by rallying with three third-period goals to exterminate Cornell's rabid icemen, 6-4, at Boston Garden...
Even the most rabid fans need a little fresh writing to help them get through a star's off-season tome. Sportswriters today generally rely on the excitement of pennant or cup fever to sell their books. The rare sports classic is the book that can be read when the players involved have finished their stretch drives and surrendered the headlines to the athletic endeavors of others...