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...generalized criteria for its judgment) no longer exist. At this point, however, I think I can learn a lesson from Prina himself. When I asked him if, despite the clearly open ended if not fragmentary nature of his work, he believed there was any underlying thread—however tenuous??€”running through his entire practice, he replied that he ultimately views all of his art making as a very personal attempt to describe his own position as a subject in the word with as much particularity as possible—to document and articulate his own subjectivity. Interpreting...

Author: By Julian M. Rose, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Night and a Day with Stephen Prina | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...corporations stand to profit considerably from postwar oil production—not to mention the strategic interest the U.S. stands to gain in prying open the door to OPEC. It is at times like these, when discordant national interests butt heads, that the survival of the U.N. is most tenuous??€”and the U.S. ought to do more than give lip service to the virtues of collective action if it truly hopes to ensure the organization’s survival...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, | Title: Statues of Victory, Shadows of War | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...where the University now owns 52 acres of land. Before Rudenstine’s arrival, the University bid for the land under a different name. But the actual deal went through under his tenure. When word leaked out that the buyer was Harvard, town-gown relations—already tenuous??€”spiraled downward...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Final Word on Neil Rudenstine | 5/9/2001 | See Source »

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