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ERIC POOLEY is not unfamiliar with the whirlwind of politics. As one of the magazine's senior political writers, he covered the White House in 1996, has reported on elections around the country and co-wrote our 1998 Man of the Year cover story on Ken Starr. But five weeks ago, he stepped into a firestorm when he became acting Nation editor as the impeachment of the President moved into the Senate. "It certainly hasn't been difficult coming up with story ideas," he says. "But events move so quickly that the story on Friday is vastly different from what...
...life-styles" (read: kinky sex) to long-term relationships. The detailed search options on age, race, religion or any key word practically let me design my ideal virtual lover from scratch. Soon I was exchanging e-mail with an Argentine physicist who said he loved to tango. After a whirlwind 10-day e-mail affair, I knew we had to meet...
...assessment of Moses' story needs to expose him to historical detective work, scientific speculation and literary intuition. But it must also acknowledge him as an irresistible personality, a man both weak and strong, a savior rejected, a brother reproved, a prophet both happily and unhappily caught up in the whirlwind of God. The modern search for Moses is like a climb up Mount Sinai. It is a bracing ascent over starkly arid terrain, the ancient volcanic rock giving way to deep chasms, full of darkness and danger. But the view can be spectacular: the light splaying in many hues...
...from other plays of moral struggle and human vice is its impeccable portrayal of personality and inner debate through rich, introspective dialogue. The play itself is based on Euripides' account of Greek mythology in which a complex scenario involving Gods, mortals, family vendettas and suppressed libido interact in a whirlwind of death and revenge. The plot itself is a vast intertwining of story lines, rooted in a background of bestiality and Amazon romance. The pivotal action focuses on Phaedra, wife of Theseus, who becomes consumed with an incestuous desire to pursue her own stepson, Hypolytus. Inevitably, the plot thickens...
...month after coming back from a whirlwind nationwide tour soliciting opinion from alumnae, Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson has taken her show on the road at Harvard. Yet while Wilson managed to hit 10 of America's largest cities in her first tour, closer to home she is hitting just three of the 13 dining halls...