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...trap. What ensued became "Topic 1290: Do You Know This Cyber-Scam-Artist?," publicly exposing Mr. X to the WELL's 8,000 members (among them, a high concentration of writers, journalists, musicians and Grateful Deadheads) and sparking a network-wide debate on the spoken and unspoken rules of electronic etiquette. Supporters of Lisa, Beth and Nancy sent their messages flying. "E-mail is the last refuge of a scoundrel," said one. But there were plenty of opponents of the "outing" of Mr. X. "I haven't seen anything posted here that suggests he did anything evil," said a veteran...
Tina Turner is too sick to sing. Anemia has sapped the strength she needs to sell her raw-meat music. She can't go on. She must go on; Ike is there, all silky unspoken threat, to see that she fulfills her obligation to the man who found her, nursed her to stardom, gave her her name. He only wants her to sing the hit he has written for her, A Fool in Love ("You can't understand/ Why he treats you like he do when he's such a good man"). So, as she stands mute and trembling...
Kamakiriad is described by Fagen as an allegorical journey set in the near future where "the narrator, instead of having a winged horse, has an environmentally correct car called a Kamakiri, which in Japanese means preying mantis." Typically, there are other, unspoken, allusions. Kamikaze for one -- the headlong, heedless plunge into a blaze of glory. But in this case Fagen's muse has emerged Phoenix-like from the ashes to resurrect the spirit of a brilliantly quirky collaboration...
...strange, unspoken assumption about human sexuality runs through the current debate on gay rights. Both sides agree, without saying so explicitly, that the human race consists of two types of people: there are heterosexuals and -- on the other side of a great sexual dividing line -- homosexuals. Heterosexuals are assumed to be the majority, while gays and lesbians are thought to be a "minority," analogous to African Americans, Latinos or any other ethnic group. Thus we have Gay Pride marches, just as we have St. Patrick's Day parades or Puerto Rican Day. Gay militants have even rallied, in some cities...
...Coalition For Diversity addresses issues not addressed by other race relations-oriented organizations on campus. It has been successful thus far in bringing the needs of its members and of many other unspoken students to the attention of the administration. It has been an important vehicle in heightening the discussion of issues of ethnicity and diversity on this campus. Mr. Fields feels that this doesn't "foster feelings of community spirit," rather, it leads to the division of the student body into "self-segregated minority groups," what he describes as a regrouping of "old factions on a campus that...