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...times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its folliesx, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with, or even understand; we are too small and afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: `It Is Time to Disillusion' | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

Students in the New Pathway say that overall, the program prepares them well for future medical careers, although the approach may not be ideal for everyone...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Future Physicians Learn How to Learn | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...translucent tissue of her left breast. A surgeon recommended a mastectomy, to be followed by chemotherapy. Fallscheer was appalled. She sought a second opinion from David August, a surgical oncologist at the University of Michigan Medical Center, who told her that her tiny malignancy made her an ideal candidate for a lumpectomy, a less drastic procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rough Road to Recovery | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...that the communist regime has fallen, women want to reverse the communists' "emancipation" and go back to the house. Hungary is in a period of economic turmoil; its citizens are facing many hardships and are living for promises of future prosperity. The ideal would be a life where the husband earns enough money for the wife to remain at home. Hungarians do not see that this dream is impossible; even in prosperous Western countries millions of women work out of necessity...

Author: By Maria Ginzburg, | Title: East European Sexism | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

...ideal of home has been grossly sentimentalized from time to time, of course, just as mothers and small towns have been. Both can be suffocating, like an interminable Sunday in an airless house. Home is a place to run away from when the time comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Bright Cave Under the Hat | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

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