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However, being a minority also implies a sort of power. In a country in which identity politics have quickly become salient (much to the dismay of many conservatives), minorities have learned to organize to demand respect and acknowledgement. Being a minority has meant learning to become visible after being invisible for so many years, something that conservatives in this country and at this institution have never had to contend with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...sort of variety of life experience brings perspective to this course that's new and fresh," said Trevor Hall, another TF for the course. "She's an insightful and interesting person whether or not she was in movies...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Winger Trades Silver Screen for Section | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

Also back in its original place--sort of--is a luscious, enveloping four-wall mural by Yasuo Kuniyoshi. For reasons no one will confess to, an earlier renovation had someone bring the Kuniyoshi back to life by painting over it. Entirely. And in a style that someone thought was Kuniyoshi's yet was really more like what you might see on the homemade backdrop of a high school production of Oklahoma! But the handsomely repainted version by Yohannes Aynalem will delight no more than half the Music Hall's audience. It decorates the ladies' powder room on the mezzanine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Encore, Encore | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

When you're trying on sneakers, do it 30 min. to 1 hr. after you've exercised so that the foot is still fully expanded. Always wear the sort of socks you'll be wearing during the sport, and check that you have a thumb's width--about 1/2 in.--of space between the tip of your toes and the front of the sneaker, giving enough room to wiggle them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do the Shoes Fit? | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...limited by circumstances beyond our control. There weren't any shooting wars to slither out of. The term recreational drugs--a term that was invented to make what privileged people do sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine one of my classmates' saying wistfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing the Man in the Middle | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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