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The walls here seem to have been decorated withthe spoils of a Salvation Army rumage sale. Abizarre portrait of an elderly man standing on acloud hangs next to a Budweiser mirror. Across theroom, a psychedelic Camel cigarettes postercontrasts sharply with a dusty and disorganizedplastic case of pool cues for sale...

Author: By Adam W. Preskill, | Title: THE CORNER POCKET | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

Before the Games, an organizer rallied his troops by reminding them, "We should regard even a slice of meat and a piece of tomato as representative of Japan." In fact, though, the Winter Games opened out into a new postnational order in which an athlete named Kyoko skated for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Second Wind | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

The tree is under control, now all that's left to decorate is myself. It used to be enough to observe the holiday privately, with drapes drawn to spare the neighbors our annual frenzy of giving and getting. But now the pressure is on to make some kind of Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DECK YOURSELF WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

"Tis the season to be jolly (tra la la ...)." Or at least so declare the Christmas carols that are ringing through the Kirkland House Dining Hall. And so one would think from the big, decorated tree sitting proudly in the entrance foyer of Adams House. And in the dining hall...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | 12/11/1997 | See Source »

I do not believe that the house masters are ill-intentioned or that they disapprove of religious pluralism. I would like to believe that they are simply unaware--not a minor offense, but a remediable one. Many religions have celebrations to lighten these cold and dark winter months. Let the...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | 12/11/1997 | See Source »

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