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Flipping back to the front, Schor points out the warning label on the cover. Outlined in fluorescent yellow, it reads: "Due to mature content, parental consent suggested for readers under 18." The warning reflects the suggestiveness of the half-clothed models, and perhaps refers in large part to one photo...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Shopping with Prof. Schor | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

Here is the fundamental problem with referring to terrorists as "Islamic terrorists." The word "Islam" refers to the religion and its ideology while "Muslim" refers to the worshippers themselves. This is an important difference. The dangerous misnomer Islamic terrorist implies that the religion itself is the cause or the motivation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

In "Learning the Wrong Lesson" (Opinion, Oct. 14) Osborn argued that the Columbine killings have led to a great misunderstanding. She specifically refers to the death of a person of faith named Cassie Bernall whose death and life have subsequently become a source of attention and pride to the American...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

In addition to the formal declaration of war, believed to be the first among House communities in recent memory, Adams also declared Pforzheimer its "colony" and has confiscated its use of the letters "Pf." Adams now refers to its enemy as "orzheimer."

Author: By Eli. M. Alper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: War Looms as Adams, Pforzheimer Clash | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

Memory may be found to be affected by genes, but no gene has been found to have even a small causative relationship with normal "intelligence." Intelligence has never been successfully defined or measured, unless one refers to the highly specialized, arbitrary, narrowly defined and largely learned skills measured by American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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