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...must admit I haven't comparison shopped, and I would hate to condemn the Coop before looking elsewhere," stated a member of the class of '98 who requested anonymity for fear that he might be expelled from Coop-land forever...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Crashing The Coop | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

...must admit that America is no worse off for the Tickle Me Elmo dolls; they are just this year's leading symbol of the unabashed capitalism that plagues every American December. One company is surely much richer for producing the toy that turned parents into larger, more insistent versions of the whining children for whom they were buying the dolls. I can even dismiss my curmudgeonly opinion that dolls shouldn't talk, giggle or move on their own--that human imagination should be more important than technical ingenuity--in the face of the techno-addicted, video-game-actuated children that...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Elmo: Our National Hero? | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

...admit it. Last semester, you were tempted by the posters for the series of Ayn Rand lectures sponsored by the Objectivist Club...

Author: By Chris H. Kwak, | Title: Critique of Pure Nonsense | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

When Gomes moves on to such universal issues as suffering, joy and science, some topics are slighted: the section on evil seems loath to admit the traditional concept of Satan, even in order to challenge it. More typical, however, is a cheerily trenchant meditation on wealth ("not a sin, but it is a problem.") Fundamentalists will have little use for this book, but its target audience just may be charmed back into the pews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: OPEN BOOK | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...First Amendment business out of the way. I happen to be a First Amendment absolutist who believes in the right to free speech with no exceptions. All right, I'll admit that I'm on record as advocating that people who show other people slides of their trip to Europe should be arrested and put in jail for a very long time. We all have our limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSPICUOUS CONVERSATION | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

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