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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BOGOSIAN is a master at choosing a few physical quirks which quickly sketch a whole range of characteristics. His best moments explore the extent of male folly. His characters are often driven by lust, a drive that they often do not understand or which threatens to overwhelm them. A bombastic portrait of a Married to the Mob type who has just eaten a huge meal is particularly on target. As he advises his nephew Vincent to fall in love, he reminisces about his own youth, when he was a "human hard-on" and "a dick with clothes...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: All My Brain and Body Need | 10/7/1988 | See Source »

...more than worth the time and energy," Hoffenberg says. "It was a necessity in order to understand the complexities of what the issues and attitudes really...

Author: By Kelly D. Eckel, | Title: Do It Right: Research While You Tan | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...conclusion is that this [resistance] is enough to cause serious difficulty in using [the superconductors] to construct magnets," said Tinkham, who has spent three decades studying superconductors. "It's nothing wildly revolutionary, although I think most people don't understand...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Physicist Says Superconductor Applications May Be Limited | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...there was something these people really believed in, something they fought for. We also see that their dream had as much to do with a utopian (what we now tend to disparage as "touchyfeely") vision of how people would treat each other as it did with social change. We understand then that the '60s promised to a generation that youth and idealism could really make a difference...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Rebels Without a Clue | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...very important that non-honors seniors understand that we are very concerned about them," says the History Department's Kuhn. "They are very much part of our program...

Author: By Kelly D. Eckel, | Title: Who Needs a Thesis Anyway? | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

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