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...Yossi's world Philip Roth and his fictional double would be dismissed as a Jewish Amos and Andy, a contributor to "a culture of self-abasement and vulgar excess." Young Halevi's heroes were fighting Jews: the Zionist firebrands of the 1930s; the invincible Israeli army; and U.S. extremists like Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded the Jewish Defense League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: THE MAKING OF A ZEALOT | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

Durang doesn't try to rationalize the paradoxes of his work, which can be at once high-brow and happily vulgar, at once a send-up of the literary canon and an addition to that canon. He acknowledges, too, that there is a double edge to his satire of societal institutions, a vilification belying a genuine disappointment in their failures. The measly contradictions of his plays, says Durang, come naturally and reflect the impulsiveness of his creative process. "I start off with the rules to a particular universe, which are really crack-pot. I just sort of expect people...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Durang on Life, Lore and Theater | 11/16/1995 | See Source »

While we may not agree with the agenda of the Republican Party as it tries to cut financial aid, personal attacks only serve to undermine our argument. Constructive debate was what the founders viewed as the highest goal of the citizen, not vulgar shouting matches and personal attacks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aid Protest Was Unhelpful | 11/8/1995 | See Source »

However, that was not the message broadcast at the recent financial aid really. The first speakers at the rally wore Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich marks, one of which read "Fuck Newt." Like-wise, many attendees shouted vulgar slogans such as "Dole Sucks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aid Protest Was Unhelpful | 11/8/1995 | See Source »

...hung on her lurid tale are not very convincing. She offers a picture of her bed as proof that Clinton slept there, and a picture of a black teddy as evidence that he both purchased the undergarment and then removed it. The actual sex is so clichad and vulgar that a high school sophomore would be turned off, and the juicy parts can be read standing up at the store: intimate organs have names like Willard and Precious (p. 71); the act involved, at times, mascara, blusher, blindfolds and honey (pp. 71-75). Hillary was vastly inferior to Flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEX SCANDALS WILT LIKE FLOWERS | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

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