Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chem 5 was originally selected as atrial subject because of its large size--more than350 students--and prior use of computer technology...
...beauty in the North Jersey skyline, in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets and in the darkness on the edge of town. Sure, he has faltered at times and made music that seemed overly domesticated, but Tracks vigorously documents Springsteen's struggle to stay committed to his core subject: the postindustrial howl of Everyman. The years haven't muffled that roar...
Although love is his main subject on Human Being, it is not his only one. The gentle Colours imagines a world without race and asks the question, Would people still be able to find a way and a reason to discriminate? The song was inspired by a trip Seal took to Monte Carlo two years ago. The city was filled with wealthy whites, and the only other person of color he saw was a black street cleaner. The opening track, Human Beings, also deals with a weighty theme: partly inspired by the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious...
...pages; $60) by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster; the other, The American Century (Knopf; 710 pages; $50) by Harold Evans. The books are distinctly different, but each has much to recommend it, not least because Jennings, a Canadian national, and British-born Evans, now a U.S. citizen, view their subject from the perspective of resident Tocquevilles. Their books will sit well on the coffee table when they are not being devoured...
Here's one memo you don't want to be caught red-handed with, especially if your name is Bill Gates: "We need to continue our jihad next year." The author was Microsoft executive Brad Chase, the year was 1996, and the subject was the battle for the Internet browser market with rival Netscape. Given that Microsoft is now accused of throwing antitrust law to the wind in the single-minded pursuit of controlling that market, such language doesn't look too good. So, Mr. Gates, what exactly did Mr. Chase mean by jihad? "I think," the software boss told...