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...Age-old tensions between old-timers and new arrivals remain. George Karafilidis, a tailor whose Greek family has owned a business in Lowell for 35 years, complains that newcomers are ruining his neighborhood. When a reporter reminds him that his relatives were immigrants, Karafilidis flies into a rage and bellows, "Don't come in here and talk to me about immigrants...
...country or the city, whether you're in souvenir sales or corporate business--the big questions remain the same. In depicting this proud girl's experiences, "Ruby in Paradise" becomes a picture essay of life in the South Florida resort town and offers some 1990s answers to age-old dilemmas. For example, when Ruby is visiting her new boyfriend, Mike, at the plant nursery where he works, she remarks on how perfect the boss's family appears, but quickly adds that it is the woman who always seems to bear the burden for this serenity...
...think about that age-old question of why? Was I a bad person? I tried to clean up my karma...
Profet arrived at her controversial theory by posing an age-old question: Why do women menstruate at all? As a means of disposing of unfertilized eggs and a plumped-up uterine lining, a monthly flow seems peculiarly wasteful. Women shed a great deal of blood and tissue, as well as valuable nutrients, particularly iron. "If menstruation were both costly and functionless," reasons Profet, "natural selection surely would have eliminated it long ago." Its persistence suggests that it offers some advantage...
...your plans for this weekend include brushing up your cocktail-party knowledge of famous artists, this exhibit is not for you. If, however, you find yourself in more of a reflective mood with pipe in hand, "Chaste, Chased, & Chastened" provides a fascinating insight into the age-old interplay between art, tradition and profound cultural questioning...