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...things strike the heart so jarringly as the wrenching of an individual from his native-born society, his home, only to be thrust into the melting pot (read: salad shooter) of America. In "Asia/America: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art," therefore, not surprisingly the themes of loss, separation, and alienation dominate overtly. But as each artist lets these general ideas churn on the surface, the deeper psychological effects of such attacks on identity gradually bubble up, too, revealing more tortured, distinct individual sufferings...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Asia/America Explores Identity through Art | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

...royal scale, as in Richard III, cram the screen with ingenious murders. Everyone says that if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd have been a screenwriter. But would he be Joe Eszterhas? Would he have shown one of his characters enjoying fellatio--then gasping in horror as a dagger, thrust upward by an assassin hiding under the bed, suddenly emerges through the victim's chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: PULP ELIZABETHAN FICTION | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...primary thrust of this Democratic strategy has been to repeatedly imply that Republican attempts to sensibly restructure Medicare, Medicaid and other federal entitlement programs amount to little more than stealing from the poor to give to the rich...

Author: By Bradley L. Whitman, | Title: A Test of the American Spirit | 12/16/1995 | See Source »

...August 1994, FAS issued a report regarding public service at the College co-authored by Nancy Maull, administrative dean, and Professor Lewis, prior to his appointment as the dean of the College. The main thrust of the report was that there was "confusion" between the "divide" in public service staff between the Phillips Brooks House (PBH) and the Office of Public Service Programs (OPS). It recommended that the two Director positions at both offices be eliminated and that a new "Assistant Dean of Public Service and Director of Phillips Brooks House" position be created, while making a commitment to maintain...

Author: By Vin Pan, | Title: Come Join Us at the Table | 12/12/1995 | See Source »

...opting for a safer, solid-fuel rocket had its drawbacks too; a rocket of this type small enough to fit into the shuttle's cargo bay would not yield enough power to thrust Galileo into a direct flight to Jupiter. "It took the project a while to invent a new way for Galileo to get to Jupiter," says J.P.L. director Edward Stone, "but there was a sense of 'It can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY JUPITER, IT'S GALILEO! | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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