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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walls of the Agassiz called up the usual fears: what gets lost in the translation and whether the language, even in translation, might sound unavoidably foreign to modern ears. What to tell those who remember with bemusement from school days legions of tripods, endless libations and the wine-dark...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: A Fitting Toast to the Teller of Tales | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...sense of this influence in his work. The mood of each photograph is peaceful and meditative, quiet and serene, almost religious. The everyday world is left behind and is even transformed into something sacred and mystical. While most modern art would have us search our minds for the dark things waiting there, Smith's art points to the beauty and possibility of life in a whimsical but thoughtful...

Author: By Sebastian A. Bentkowski, | Title: Avoiding ANGST | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...deep dark secret of ethnic studies is that it doesn't have a unified subject matter," Goodman said...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Foes Debate Ethnic Studies | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

Instead of the cells' elegantly moving into their correct spots, the process seemed to proceed in the dark, with cells going to the wrong places and inadvertently bumping into each other...

Author: By Benjamin A. Stingle, | Title: The Road to Understanding Brains | 2/25/1997 | See Source »

...could such an outlandish performer find a place in the sanitized mainstream of pop culture? For starters, Manson is a natural-born showman with dark charisma and a knack for sensationalistic imagery. "This band has always been about pulling one over on the mainstream," he admits. Part Boy George and part Oliver Stone, Manson intentionally crafts his image to incite maximum shock. He often performs clad in jackboots and trussed up in leather. Onstage and off, he wears black lipstick and cakes his face in mortician's white, giving himself a deathly, freshly exhumed look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: SATAN'S LITTLE HELPERS | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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