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With each room, the exhibit becomes more and more of a collection of repeating images: the train, the barn house, the American flag, Lincoln and Washington. Fading wooden dolls of soldiers and presidents fail to inspire, as do depictions of biblical stories in quilt form. To be valid Americana, the MFA must pull the exhibit out of its lily-white Northeastern provincialism. Harriet Powers, born a slave in Athens, Georgia, becomes the panacea. Her quilt depicts biblical scenes, natural events, and features tales of farming life. While the MFA calls the quilt extraordinary, the quilt appears to vary little from...
...third, and I believe more valid, defense of self-segregation among minority groups actually has nothing to do with being a minority...
This is not to say intellectual property is not a valid concern. Rather, the point is that there are a number of ways to address the issue without undermining the core insight of the MIT initiative. Professors could, for example, be more selective in posting unpublished or original material online. But to simply limit access to information, in the way that Harvard and other schools plan to give access only to alumni, doesn’t settle intellectual property concerns and runs antithetical to the very potential of the Internet...
...part of that concern is valid, says Donnelly, although not for the reason one might think. "At this point, the primary fear is: Will irradiation be used as a panacea for lax standards throughout the meat production process...
...reason, how- ever, is a valid one. "This scene had to be disturbing to watch," he says over celebratory champagne. "It's seen through the eyes of Jan Dara?who is witnessing a sex act between his stepmother and his step-sister/wife? so it's got to be shocking." The girls look more dismayed than liberated, like they've just had frustrating...