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This brilliant, desperate, sheet-soaking nightmare of a novel begins in what seems to be the clear air of rational narration, as Thomas Jefferson, living in Paris at the outset of the French Revolution, beds his mulatto slave girl Sally Hemmings. Whether the historical Jefferson actually did so is unprovable; he denied it, perhaps because of social necessity, and modern assertions on either side of the question are clouded by the racial politics of tradition vs. revisionism. For author Erickson, the power of his theme's dark vision sweeps away argument. Jefferson was the giver of America's creed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberty's Dark Dream | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

According to a Hampshire fact sheet, the company's research was aimed at developing an "X-ray stepper," a device designed to imprint features on integrated circuits...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Tech Firm's Closing Hits Aeneas Fund | 4/30/1993 | See Source »

...Crimson has just eight full-time writers (and one photographer) complemented by seven part-timers pitching in whenever they can. Together, we put out a sports page six times per week. The net result is similar to making up a king-sized bed with a queen-sized sheet. We can't quite cover...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Good Sports | 4/16/1993 | See Source »

Carril's offense--when running on all cylinders--is a thing of beauty. When Princeton played Harvard at home this season, only three of its shots were not layups or three-pointers. (The Princeton play-by-play sheet even has a special column for layups...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: The Bell Finally Tolls For the Tigers | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

Although the FTC warns consumers to beware of any company seeking advance fees, even skepticism is sometimes no protection. Randall Deaver, 25, an unemployed sheet-metal worker in Fort Worth, Texas, was leery of promises that he would have a job in Cancun, Mexico, in three months. When he could find no complaints on file with the Better Business Bureau, he and a friend sent a $295 joint fee. All they got for it was the runaround. "I figured it was scam, but I took a chance," says Deaver with a sigh. "The moral is, of course, if it sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Work If You Can Get It | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

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