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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been-through books. At this point they've become trite and just about unbearable. Which is why Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun is hard to get into--the book commences with what seems to be an attitude of complaint about the unfair hardships of adolescence. The main character, Hajime, is a young man growing up in a "small, quiet town" in Japan. He lives a normal life in a neighborhood where all the houses match and everyone has a cat or a dog. But he's different--he's an only child...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Murakami's Fiction as Spicy as Tofu | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

However, research shows that voucher systems in Cleveland and Milwaukee were not effective. Cleveland voucher students did markedly worse than their public-school counterparts on standard tests. Mark Peterson's studies used to support alleged gains by voucher students have been criticized for serious sampling errors and unfair comparisons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

However, research shows that voucher systems in Cleveland and Milwaukee were not effective. Cleveland voucher students did markedly worse than their public-school counterparts on standard tests. Mark Peterson's studies used to support alleged gains by voucher students have been criticized for serious sampling errors and unfair comparisons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vouchers Are Not the Answer | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...behalf of the students of Eliot House, we would like to take issue with Melissa Crocker's unfair characterization of last week's Eliot House auction as a "rather staid" affair, reminiscent of our "uppercrust" past (Opinion, April...

Author: By Robert S. Schwartz, | Title: Eliot Auction Reflected Outgoing Community | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...behalf of the students of Eliot House, we would like to take issue with Melissa Crocker's unfair characterization of last week's Eliot House Auction as a "rather staid" affair, reminiscent of our "uppercrust" past (Opinion, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

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