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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great-great-grandmother Rose Mannion, a formidable immigrant from Ireland. The author follows a chain of matrimonial disasters involving weak men and angry, churchbound women who wish they had married someone else. Bridie, Rayona's great-grandmother, is one of these harridans. She speaks gloatingly of withholding sex: "I taught my husband to beg, and I despised him for his weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: STORMY LEGACY | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...just a school, right? It's not as if lives were at stake or actual combat was going on. And even if that were so, I can't understand how washing someone's mouth out with cleanser helps prepare for combat. However, my time in the U.S. Army taught me a lot of things, and the most important lesson was "never quit"--even when faced with seemingly unbearable odds, never give up. Unfortunately, Messer and Mentavlos did just that. When you quit once, it becomes easier to do so the next time you are faced with adversity. It is truly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

Eventually I may become frustrated by being part of Bible's faceless masses, and surely in time the concept of teaching-fellow-taught sections will become a depressing norm instead of just a new experience. But right now, there are some things I love about lecture classes...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Not Just a Face in the Crowd | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

...recipient of the Levenson Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Gewanter taught Expository Writing 20: "The Craft of Stories" last semester and Expos 11: "Literary Transformations" last year...

Author: By Carlos A. Monje jr., | Title: Popular Expos Teacher Leaves | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

...highly abstract and sophisticated theories that fail to explain reality. In order for Russia's transition to a free-market system to be both permanent and stable, grounding economic theories in its children seems to be a must. American children know it naturally; Russian children must be taught it. So while it may strike us as strange that seven-year-olds are reading an "economic-sized" version of Winnie the Pooh, it is evidence of one of our favorite mantras, "If you can't beat 'em, join...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: Ec 10, Russian Style | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

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