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It was ironic, Matusow writes, "that the administration begun by John F. Kennedy should have become the sponsor of liberal reform...for he was transparently a conventional politician of conservative inclination. But Kennedy was also a politician keenly sensitive to shifts in the political climate, and that climate altered perceptibly...
The fruitless search for the holder of the lucky ticket had become a national obsession. Last week, nine days after the winning six numbers in Canada's interprovincial lottery were announced, the country's jackpot fever finally broke as Stuart Kelly, 57, and his wife Lillian, 54, stepped...
After the crushing of the Turk at Lepanto, Venice had no challengers of any size left in the Mediterranean. Its empire, secured by an invincible fleet of galleys, ran from the northern Adriatic to Crete, and its trade embraced half the world, reaching as far as China. It was the...
H. Ross Perot, 53, a Texan who has earned millions from the computer industry, disagrees. After loudly criticizing Texas schools' obsession with football, marching bands and baton twirling, he has been named by Governor Mark White to head a committee to try to reform public schools in Texas. It...
Eating concerns are a deeply personal and painful issue for many women. More broadly, the obsession with women's thinness is a social problem that both women and men must address. We must make the connection between the prevalence of eating disorders and our cultural demands on women. Eating problems...