Word: reviews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Here!" my editor said, ramming a book into my stomach that couldn't have weighed more than 25 pounds. "Review this by tommorrow. You've got a whole page to yourself. I'd talk to you about it, only I have to go feed my editorial assistant." As she went off shouting "Igor! Din-din!" I picked myself off the floor and looked at the book it was my fate to review. The Norton Anthology of Pretentious Literature proclaimed the dust-jacket. I read the description on the inside cover...
Well, the world did end and without my book review or anything resembling the odious practice of playing with another man's art, his soul, to please thousands of brain-addled air junkies who gulp the stuff like it could make their lives worth living. No, live alone, fair book, and prosper without the words of praise I can shower upon you in my giddy bout of pseudo-creativity...
...number of smaller universities have used private lobbyists in this way to bypass the established "peer review system," through which federal agencies distribute money to colleges and universities...
...history of art department earlier this year asked Clark, an expert on 19th century French art, if he were interested in a lifetime position there, said the department's acting chairman Loren W. Partridge. The Berkeley department approved Clark'snomination, and the offer is currently undergoingthe university's review process, Partridge said...
...army lieutenant convicted in 1980 on charges of spying for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Throughout his military trial Napso, now 32, maintained his innocence, claiming that some of the evidence presented against him had been tampered with. Last February, under a new law permitting Israel's Supreme Court to review military verdicts, Napso won the right to an appeal. It is scheduled to be heard in late...