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...class' focus is already so broad thatincluding more writers for the sake of diversityis impossible, she says...

Author: By Bryan D. Garsten, | Title: Surveys: A Dying Breed? | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

...multiple-partner sex they share. Employing some sort of twisted method-acting technique, Israel allows his principles to really go at each other in order to heighten dramatic intensity. The audience is asked to believe that Burns is allowed to rape and beat Jennings in repeated takes for the sake of acting .As one would predict, the animosity and seediness of the set blur into reality, pushing Israel and his retinue into the eponymous dangerous game...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Madonna's 'Dangerous,' Is not | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

...again, Schami's narrative tactic seems more like salesmanship. He uses this structure not for any purpose so much as to revel in it for its sake. Modern authors like Calvino use a similar framework to lay bare all the peculiar social and intellectual conventions of reading , to strike at the very heart of our understanding of narrative, to unravel the fabric of reality-to bring the universe of perception to its knees. Schami uses it because it's cool and exotic...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Nights in Damascus Are Filled With Tales | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

...their March 7th editorial, The Crimson's staff describes the weekend protest on ethnic studies courses and minority faculty hiring as "half-hearted" and as "protest for the sake of protesting." This was manifestly not the case and I hope that by writing in, I can supplant the staff's speculation with facts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protestors Are 'Concerned Students, Not Demagogues' | 3/9/1994 | See Source »

...condemning the protesters for voicing their concerns, But we hope that, in the future, they choose the forums for expressing themselves carefully, and not simply protest for the sake of protesting...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Weekend Protest Was Half-Hearted, III-Timed | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

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