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...sardonically unhappy bisexual, was much given to long absences; his younger brother became an alcoholic suicide. Young Vivian Chambers never went to a dentist, and by the time he grew up and began calling himself by his mother's family name of Whittaker, his teeth had gone to memorable ruin. In his mouth, as in his early life's story, he came to believe that he harbored a tiny, secret civilization in a state of advanced decay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: SUPPORTING TESTIMONY | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

...rugged individualism that is encapsulated by the free market. Social Security is a highly redistributive program that, in old age, seeks to ensure a minimum level of subsistence for all Americans. Privatization may be the solution for garbage collection and management of the Congressional beauty parlor, but it will ruin Social Security precisely because social security is one of those things that the market can not provide...

Author: By Thomas C. Rollins, | Title: Nothing Learned from the Depression | 3/7/1997 | See Source »

...would have thought that Inferno and a pair of jeans would be the cultural artifacts employed to discuss eschatology and economic justice. Just mentioning Dante and Levis in the same sentence is enough to ruin a literature concentrator's lunch, even on a Chickwich day. But we live in a topsy-turvy world these days and if you think the notion of Dante in dungarees is crazy, keep reading. The craziness has just begun...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Beneath the Denim Tree | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

While the computer-drawn landscapes are a disappointing, amateurish touch, the changes in the Hoth creature positively hurt the scene. They ruin the once-excellent pacing and remove much of the suspense by making concrete the details about the creature's appearance and activities which were once left to our imagination. Unfortunately, nothing we see the creature do is as frightening as what we imagined it to be doing...

Author: By Benjamin Cavell, | Title: THE EMPIRE FALLS SHORT | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...actions of a few individuals in Crown Heights should not reflect on all African-Americans and ruin an alliance that has had fruitful results in advancing social justice in America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black-Jewish Alliance Has Fruitful History | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

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