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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...panel has formed the basis for a much more in-depth discussion of feminism and the role of women at Harvard. The nitty-gritty details get more complicated, of course. The most proactive feminist on the panel defined feminism as a way of life. The conservative males in turn said that feminism was in fact a legal force that had succeeded in its goal of making women equal...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Coming Back to Feminism | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

Zwick had been inspired by the World Trade Center bombings and he wanted to explore "the way that societies have been affected in dealing with terrorism, both in terms of civil liberties and law enforcement." But how unlikely would it be for our government to turn its armed forces against its own citizens? "It would take either war or an emergency so great that it's like war [for civil liberties to be revoked]," explains Assistant Professor of Government Keith J. Bybee. "Maybe, maybe, a campaign of terrorism like the one that's depicted in the movie, where...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IDENTITIES UNDER SIEGE | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

Religious conservatives, then, have reason to be just as afraid as liberals. If forbidding conservatives from meeting to talk about why they dislike affirmative action makes liberals look scared, the declaration that the pro-choice position deserves "no public recognition" belies an even more desperate turn to principle in the face of increasing public opposition...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Losing the Culture Wars | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

Part of Trilogy's attraction is teaching new hires during an extensive summer training program dubbed "Trilogy University" (TU), which educates them to start working immediately on projects that can turn into products...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Story of TRILOGY | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...nation's) destiny. Historians will happily debate the sexy melodramatics with which the Protestant-Catholic conflict over the throne is stated. In short, this darkly sumptuous, hypnotically complex movie ought to have many constituencies, even in the age of Ally McBeal. The largest of them may turn out to be moviegoers hungry for rich, old-fashioned historical spectacle and eager to revel in the subtle grace with which Cate Blanchett takes the title character from wariness to regality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Elizabeth | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

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