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...common for all God's creatures to frolic in someone's hair, as the 1968 song suggests. 30 years later, however, Big Hair isn't as common as it was in those heady days of long-haired hippies and afro-puffed Black Panthers. A person who gives each strand of hair the freedom to grow from its follicle--to find its own path from the scalp to the sky--is a rarity. Harvard has a few students who understand the Zen principles behind Big Hair. Some shape their hair, while others let their hair shape them. Here, some of Harvard...
Goodman says whole language has two bases: "the scientific and the humanistic," and the humanistic strand is an important reason for its appeal. With whole language, reading is considered an organic process, the dignity of teachers is paramount, and they regard their students as collaborators. These attitudes sit firmly within the tradition of progressive education, and it is tempting to think that the humanism came first and the science later. Goodman reacts to that speculation with a shrug and a smile. "I like people," he says. "And I'm very happy that my research confirms my prejudices...
...very near future the world is divided into the genetic haves and have-nots. The former are designed in labs prior to conception; with a twist on this DNA strand, a tug on that one, they come out smart, handsome and spared even such minor inconveniences as lefthandedness. The have-nots, products of their parents' taking a romantic free fall into the gene pool, are condemned to hard labor in support of their superiors. They are also burdened with flightier emotions...
...movie revolves around the character of Jackie O., played by Time's recently crowned "Queen of the Indies" Parker Posey. Posey is at her best, as a women so completely mesmerized by the Kennedy myth that she has completely reformed her identity. She parades around in three-strand pearls and little black dresses while sipping German wine and tossing off one-liners ("I never understand people who don't understand that I am completely fabulous"). Her world is disturbed with the arrival of her brother Marty (a superb Josh Hamilton) and his fiancee Lesly (Tori Spelling, yes, of "90210" fame...
...real estate empire. For the last two months, he's even managed to balance the dual responsibilities of governor and defendent in a federal trial. Now, with the luck of the devil, he will survive in the statehouse for at least a few more days. U.S. District Judge Roger Strand added an alternate juror today, forcing the Republican Governor's trial to start all over again. The new juror replaces Mary Jane Cotey, who told the Arizona Republic that jurors were bargaining over votes. If jurors were vote-trading, which is not allowed, Symington could be the beneficiary...