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Hogue employs a "seek and ye shall find" method of prophesy-hunting. Nostradamus wrote 1,000 quatrains, so anything has got to be in there somewhere. As for Nostradamus's prophetic powers, we'll be able to judge better in three years. But I for one won't be holding my breath waiting for Genghis Khan to come back. I am confident that the Class of 2000 will be welcomed into "the community of educated men and women" on a sunny June day in Harvard Yard...
Capleton's I-Testament comes on forcefully from the start. On the Jamaican-born singer's previous CD, Prophecy, he performed alongside rapper Method Man of the American hardcore hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. I-Testament also boasts street-wise, street-tough swagger. Capleton's vocals are a mix of slurred rap, chanting and Jamaican patois, supported by R.-and-B. backup singers. His songs are often built around samples; Original Man draws liberally from the bass groove of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. Capleton's talent lies in his ability to fuse gangsta-rap energy...
...reading at grade level. It takes an experienced teacher using sound pedagogy to teach a child to read. To support phonics instruction and make the advocates of "whole language" the whipping boy does a disservice to our schools and teachers. Teaching reading is a complex process. Pitting one method of instruction against another is confusing and only raises the anxiety level of already concerned parents and teachers. CONSTANCE G. KEAN Pebble Beach, Calif...
...amazed by the actions in Roby, Ill., where state troopers have Shirley Allen under siege [AMERICAN SCENE, Oct. 27] for resisting a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. It seems there is no right to privacy or constitutional safeguard when others decide you are not conforming to an accepted method of living. Hence we have the rule of the masses in the guise of what is right and moral. When there is no longer room in a society for individuality or eccentricity, then we shall lose our greatest resource. EUGENE A. LOJEWSKI Naples...
SADDAM HUSSEIN There's method in his madness. Wily dictator exploits U.N. crankiness against Uncle...