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...other hand, now suggests that we begin a campaign of cultural revisionism, that we establish a gallery of "Degenerate Art" as the Nazis did in 1937 to express their dissatisfaction with the abstract artistic messages of the early Twentieth Century. Nor should we expose our monuments, in humorist Walt Kelly's words, to anything like the Parisian School of underground poster artists and their credo of "Vive le moustache" or the alterationist defacers of New York's Subway School who have taken it upon themselves to redo Grant's Tomb, for example, with all the skill of "a messy monkey...
...really the state's fault for having the law. Written centuries ago at a time when Cambridge's churches really were community leaders, there was some logic, albeit unconstitutional logic, in giving them a say in which restaurants could serve liquor. But now that the twentieth century has arrived, it seems odd for the churches to have continued to invoke their power under...
...Biblical legend tracing Judaic myth and history. Her idea is not to create an identity for herself but rather to find a universal past or one that can be shared with at least other Jews. In a poem somewhat formidably titled "A Short History of Judaic thought in the Twentieth Century," the poet scratches her bead at the intellectual custom of answering a question with a question. If it is forbidden to touch a dying person except to remove him from a burning house. Pastan asks, who can she touch' She writes: aren't we all dying' You smile your...
...this Saturday, though, that the 5-1-1 Eagles, ranked twentieth in the UPI poll, have really been waiting for. Seventh-ranked Penn State is at Chestnut Hill this weekend, favored by more than a touchdown. The Nittany Lions haven't lost to a New England team since Harvard beat them in 1932. It's a crucial game for B. C.'s bowl invitation chances more important it's a chance for a team riding high on its spirit and hard work to show what it can do against one of the perennial national powers that treat college football like...
...Timing the "leak" perfectly with the birth of Prince William, future King of England, CBS let slip that it will air a feature film later this year entitled Charles and Diana: A Royal Romance: Shooting has begun on what will surely be a landmark in modern movie-making. The twentieth century fairy-tale-come-true, captured for all America in prime time, maybe on cable someday. And who will star as Diana, the shy kindergarten teacher-turned-princess and proud mother? None other than Catherine Oxenberg...