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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Miro canvas to transvestite hookers in the street without missing a beat -- and bring to both the same kind of rigorous attention and full-bodied sensibility. Here is a critic who can put Joe Sixpack and Jacques Derrida in the same sentence. And if at times the sheer weight of detail may almost be dizzying to a newcomer, the text is enlivened at every turn by all the familiar props of the Hughes voice -- the mischievous erudition (translating a Latin motto as "Far down! Far out!"), the rococo diction ("fribblers" and "cutpurses" abound) and the Augustan bite (asides that wither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Story of Vim and Rigor | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Talk about the weight of history. Visiting Kazakhstan last month, Michael Miklaucic of the International Law Institute, a Washington think tank, dropped in on a top parliament official involved in the drafting of the republic's new constitution. He found himself on the spot when his host took a call during their meeting. "So, Mr. Michael," said his host, suddenly placing his hand over the mouthpiece, "who should be commander-in-chief of armed forces? The President? Or Speaker of the parliament?" "I. . .I. . .I can tell you how it works in the U.S.," said Miklaucic. "But please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seat-of-the-Pants Politics | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Wrestlers often had to move up or down from their normal weight class to help fill out the team roster...

Author: By Andrew J. Arends, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: It's a Wrap for Grapplers | 3/14/1992 | See Source »

Cole finished third in what was widely regarded as the toughest weight class at Easterns, but was seventh in the balloting which selected six NCAA wild card entrants...

Author: By Andrew J. Arends, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: It's a Wrap for Grapplers | 3/14/1992 | See Source »

...women's side, Senior Co-captain Cathy Griffin placed third in the 20-lb. weight throw, with an effort of 53'3 3/4". Freshman Jennifer Kearney took eighth in the mile run, with a time...

Author: By Ishani Maitra, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Thinclads Wrap Up Mixed Season | 3/10/1992 | See Source »

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