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As Asian men, we have to face the unpleasant fact that we are the direct beneficiaries of an abusive patriarchal system that has continued in one form or another for two and a half thousand years. Patriarchy in the Asian American communities comes to us through our own cultural heritages...

Author: By Christopher Fung, | Title: Redefining Asian Masculinity | 10/22/1993 | See Source »

"[We have to] make visible this thing that is now invisible and unpleasant to think about," McKibben said.

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Art Reflects Nature | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

The N.B.A. will miss Jordan most. He was seen by many as the savior of the league. In the 1970s, N.B.A. revenue was down, television deals were waning. The reason was simple if unpleasant: pro basketball was becoming a predominantly black sport, and the audiences the teams and the networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Fly Away | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Much of the fault lies with the principal actors. Although it is of course unpleasant to criticize Daniel, Michelle or Winona, it is this reviewer's loathsome task to report that none of them is anything to write home about. Their characters are predictable and devoid of development. Certainly, they...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: The Age of Broken Promises | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

Whether Jew, Christian or Muslim, believers today tend to regard their faith as a received whole -- that is, as a belief system with most of the major theoretical issues long since resolved, in so far as they can be. No 20th century Christian, for example, would bother to start an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Man Created God | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

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