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Decision: I can't deal with them. This was annoying, not only for the people upstairs, but also for the challengers across the hall. As I entered wishy-washy mode, I was trying everyone's patience. But what was I to do? This was a decision that would affect me...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lotteries Past: How to Survive the Anxiety | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Ripley takes many of her characters from the original novel--Mammy, Ashley Wilkes and many others reappear. Their appearances are perfunctory, as Ripley devotes the bulk of her energies to the development of many new characters, most notably the scores of O'Haras that Scarlett meets both in Savannah and...

Author: By Kimberly A. Ziev, | Title: Scarlett's Not the Same | 10/10/1991 | See Source »

The question is perhaps best left to psychiatrists, but last week Congressmen, Senators, White House aides and millions of Americans were trying to answer it. How could George Bush -- the World War II bomber pilot, the Commander in Chief who invaded Panama and ousted its dictator, the leader who dispatched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Read My Hips | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

"Sumo Wrestler" by Laura Evans exemplifies this timidity. The artist successfully uses color. There is a bold contrast of orange, blue, and green, well suited to the subject matter. The weighty aggressiveness of a Sumo wrestler is further underlined by the artist's blocky style. But the painting technique leaves...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Mixed Media, Messages, and Student Success | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

Well, all right. When O'Connor was last in the U.S., in 1988, she had shaved her head bald, an attention-grabbing device that suited a time when she could hide behind the intricacies of her songs. Her hair these days is a half-inch black corona of fuzz, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Approach of A Desolation Angel | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

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