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...Upon hearing that former NBA player John Amaechi disclosed in his new book that he is gay, Shaquille O'Neal said that if he had a gay teammate, he would "protect him from outsiders." That's a revolutionary reaction compared with the crass comments that greeted NFL player David Kopay in 1975, when he became the first athlete from the four major professional U.S. sports to reveal his homosexuality. Still, the British-bred Amaechi, right, notes that most locker rooms aren't exactly gay friendly. He says some current NBA players have told him they're gay but remain terrified...
...Task Force wishes to make students regard their academic life with the same excitement as they do their extracurricular affairs, it should focus on improving the quality of classes rather than borrowing students’ enthusiasm for the life they lead outside of coursework and risk infringing upon an arrangement that works so well...
...that makes for a thoroughly enjoyable listen. With heavily distorted guitar that could come out of “Mean Mr. Mustard” and strings similar to those from “Eleanor Rigby,” the song presents a new twist that will hopefully be expanded upon in future recordings...
...someone who has seen beheadings firsthand can conceive of the film’s imagery. In “Pan’s Labyrinth” all cinematic elements work together so seamlessly that the actors and the effects eventually merge. The dramatic finesse of the ensemble cast build upon del Toro’s vision, although no one person outshines it. Through diverse aesthetic orchestration—adulthood and childhood, violence and peace, reality and fantasy—del Toro has achieved the unheard-of: a film that satisfies viewers’ various tastes without compromising artistic vision...
...process, created the field of American studies as we know it.Unfortunately, he is much more in dialogue with these historians than with the reader. At times the book seems to be infused with ghosts from the past, obscure critics that have been forgotten by everyone except Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg draws upon his immense knowledge of history, culture and art not to answer questions about 19th- and 20th-century American culture, but to raise them. Not only does he address existing puzzles—he creates enigmas out of events that seem commonplace. Only Trachtenberg’s obvious delight in wordplay...