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...enough, I found myself missing the conversation, and thinking that maybe the camaraderie isn't so superficial after all. Once you admit that summer in Washington is always three parts party and one part work, it's actually quite fun. Though you may sometimes feel you are wearing the Scarlet Letter, it begins to feel good to be recognized as an intern from 50 feet away. And though I don't think I'll become a regular at the Grille when I get back to school out of nostalgia for the summer, I'm glad I let myself experience...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: Three Parts Party, One Part Work | 7/26/1996 | See Source »

...from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he was handed a big role in Dennis Potter's 1993 TV series Lipstick on Your Collar. His dreamboat looks and what Emma director Douglas McGrath calls "a boyish, endearing playfulness" have won him leads on TV (in the BBC's Scarlet and Black) and in seven films (including Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, as a full-frontal demon lover) over the past two years. With Trainspotting, McGregor looks set to take Hollywood, if he cares to. Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant--beware! Here comes Brit star quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE NEXT BRIT BRIGHT STAR | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...With the Vietnam War and the protests of the administration, sports on campus were frowned upon. You were wearing a scarlet letter if you were a jock," Farneti says. "Harvard was not the place at that time that was overly impressed with a pro team playing in its stadium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NFL's Boston Patriots Spent A Year in Harvard Stadium | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...real problems for kids will begin when the antidivorce movement starts getting its way. For one thing, the more militant among its members want to "re-stigmatize" divorce with the cultural equivalent of a scarlet D. Sadly though, divorce is already stigmatized in ways that are harmful to children. Studies show that teachers consistently interpret children's behavior more negatively when they are told that the children are from "broken" homes--and, as we know, teachers' expectations have an effect on children's performance. If the idea is to help the children of divorce, then the goal should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN DEFENSE OF SPLITTING UP | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

Leaving aside the fact that forcible rape is something more than a minor sexual indiscretion, such a Scarlet Letter has long existed. It's called a criminal record. Further, this criminal record is in the public record already and the sexual offender registration laws merely expand upon a long-standing legal regime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sexual Offender Laws Hardly Threaten Right to Privacy | 3/19/1996 | See Source »

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