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...section talks about conceptions of democracy every week, even if the topic is the agricultural revolution. The first time the unexpected connection is entertaining, even surprising or insightful. After four sections, one begins to realize that the initially tenuous links are starting to wear very thin...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Beware Section Freaks And Geeks | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...Once the president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and a member of the On Thin Ice improvizational comedy group as an undergraduate, Burlinson says both organizations trained him well for his role as Office Guy. But in many ways, this lofty stage offers him a role different from any he had as a student. "My grandfather used to tease me, because for the Hasty Pudding I'd be in the media every year dressed in drag--now he's just proud of me for wearing male clothes...

Author: By S. L. Gore, | Title: Office Guy: A Working Perspective | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

Ambady, an assistant professor of psychology, was awarded for her "fundamental contributions to understanding accuracy of social judgments based on 'thin slices' of information," according to Janet Rutledge of the National Science Foundation...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins, | Title: Professors Receive Science Award | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...Williams, 55, had accepted that sexy hair would never be hers. Her shoulder-length blond locks were thin and broken off. But last December the Redondo Beach, Calif., psychology student and former office manager read about hair extensions. "I decided it would be my Christmas present to myself," she says. Now luxe golden waves sweep her shoulder blades, and no one can tell they're not hers. Men swirl around her in clubs, she says, and women follow her into parking lots to gush. She recently saw her ex-husband for the first time in 20 years. "You look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Hair Down to There | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...Thin Red Line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THEATERS | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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