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The World Wrestling Federation may seem like a uniquely contemporary phenomenon, but anyone who's looked at theatrical history knows that staged depictions of violence are far from new. In order to better understand the dramatic roots of the World Wrestling Federation--its literary ancestry, if you will--we talked...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling 101: Oh, the humanity! | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

If you're also having trouble, the first thing you should do is check out the resolutions that celebrities have made. You can either use them as inspirational springboards or simply appropriate them verbatim as your own. Surprisingly, celebrities are the consummate resolution makers. Asked a simple yes or no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resolutions Without The Guilt | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Newton is the man of the century for this reason: by imagining--and proving--a rational universe, he in effect redesigned the human mind. Newton gave it not only intellectual tools undreamed of before, but with them, unprecedented self-confidence and ambition. If Shakespeare incomparably enlarged humanity's conception of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 17th Century: Isaac Newton (1642-1727) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Even high caliber films from Saving Private Ryan to Platoon embody an overwhelming sense of the uncanny human ability to destroy. Thus, when the gods of film restoration rediscover a masterpiece like Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, the film's social commentary and reflections on humanity appear dated and escape...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Allusion, Delusion in Grand Illusion | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Faithfully following the blueprints of his military predecessors who have directly or indirectly controlled Pakistan for most of its existence, Musharraf claims the army reluctantly intervened to prevent an unscrupulous and corrupt political leadership from destabilizing the armed forces, the last remaining viable institution after Sharif had systematically eroded the...

Author: By Samina Ahmed, | Title: Avoiding Historical Repetition | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

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