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...that I mind reading books for class; far from it. They're usually very well-written histories and novels. Given the chance, I would probably pick them up on my own and devour them. But because they're on the syllabus, they are work, almost chores...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Summer Offers Time for Pleasure Reading | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

...Seldom do I enjoy reading your Opinion section--the writing it puts on display is often so poor as to obscure the very issue at hand, and in the rare case of a well-written editorial, the opinion itself is so poorly thought out that reading more than the first few lines generally proves to be a mistake. However, I do try to keep these opinions to myself--after all, I'm sure there are those students (although which I can't imagine) who do, in fact, like your editorial section, and I suppose at least their interests are being...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opinion Page Too Much to Bear | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

Only slightly behind the curve of this week's reality comes a spate of intelligent, well-written books from the pundits predicting a revival of liberalism. Not that any of the writers use the L word; it is not the sort of term one uses any longer in polite company. Rather, all foresee the rise, again, of "progressivism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: DAWN OF THE LIVING DEMS | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...Buying of the President is not entertaining reading; indeed, it's rarely even well-written, as one might expect from a book authored by a committee, the "Center for Public Integrity." Instead, it offers a straightforward list of dirty deals, some of them so brazen that it makes U.S. politics seem little better than Italy's or Mexico...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Note to President Buchanan: Read 'em and Weep | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

White Rabbit is a well-written and exciting book. The characters are lovingly sculpted and emerge from the book vividly and convincingly. In many ways, Ruth's life is remarkably ordinary, but Phillips tells her story so well, and with so much sincerity and fondness, that White Rabbit becomes an absorbing read...

Author: By Brooke A. Rogers, | Title: Harvard TF's First Book Reveals Old Soul of Young Author | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

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