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Scholars always warn that we should not look at 19th century images through modern eyes, finding sex where the Victorians saw only creamy innocence. But however you might describe Carroll's famous picture of Alice, 7, costumed as a sultry beggar girl, girlish is not the word. Her liquid posture, that off-the-shoulder dress, the frank suction of her gaze--innocence this luscious could almost have an R rating. From here to the foxy cowgirl outfits of JonBenet Ramsey isn't a stretch. While Prose doubts that Carroll was an active pedophile, she does not deny the erotic longing...
...different reasons, candidates from both parties this year are trying to paint the bigger picture: Republicans in hope of surfing on Bush's continued popularity, and Democrats because they now face the possibility of losing their one-vote hold on the Senate. A unified Republican government, they warn, will decide everything from the shape of the next Supreme Court to whether Social Security, environmental rules or business regulations survive in anything like their current form. Since Independent voters in particular tend to prefer their government divided and its powers balanced, the Democrats are hoping that they can be persuaded...
...court put George W. Bush into the White House is, in these contributors' estimation, but one of its manifold sins, though it's a big one...Contributor address the Court's perceived failings, born of the very judicial activism that so many conservatives denounce...Expect worse, the authors warn, should Bush get a shot at appointing another justice. Those inclined to think that the present judiciary is awful enough will find plenty of ammunition in these pages...
...next month, Harvard issued an early action fact sheet stating that students accepted under early decision “must withdraw all other applications.” While the document did not explicitly warn that Harvard would rescind the admission of students who tried to break commitments, Fitzsimmons makes it clear that Harvard intends...
...Crimson kept its composure through the end of the game, despite the increasingly physical nature of the contest. Officials were forced to stop play on multiple occasions to warn players about throwing elbows and other unnecessary contact...