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...hike around it. Since the installation of Tilted Arc in 1981, more than 7,000 office workers have signed petitions demanding the work's removal. During a series of public hearings last March, numerous artists and critics responded that to relocate Arc was to sacrifice artistic expression to public whim...
Unlike the Prohibitionists of an earlier age, the new moderates are not on a single-minded moral crusade; they are simply getting older and busier. People tend to drink differently as they age, and the 76 million baby boomers, whose sheer numbers can turn a whim into a trend, are maturing. There is not much time for drinking in two-income households and little sympathy for hangovers. "I'm pushing 35, and I'm certainly drinking less," says Angie Levin, an Atlanta office worker. "In college, binges were pretty common, but as people get older, they have children and other...
...SEPTEMBER 1940, Jean-Paul Sartre, then recognized by the French literary community as a promising young author, was called into the service of his country as a meteorologist. On a whim, he decided to keep war journals to document the people he met, the places he saw, and the thoughts he had during the war. He completed 14 volumes, but only five have survived. In this first collected edition they provide a unique window on the philosopher's thought...
With their archaic titles--some are actually called "Coal Porters"--the staff indulges every whim and want of the Royals. Even the beloved Queen mother will send the cooks scouring the stores for fresh strawberries in December, laughing "it's just a little treat." Princess Margaret routinely kept the staff up to 3 or 4 a.m. until the Queen intervened, since they all had to be up at 7. But there are occasional moments of compassion: "Charles himself has often broken Royal habit by sometimes bathing the children," Barry notes. However, Charles' interest in child-rearing came in part because...
Harvard women's hockey Coach John Dooley took up his position just four seasons ago--on a whim...