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These books and others that feature stark themes, complex plot lines and ambiguous resolutions are edging out the happy endings and conventional morals of the old-style teen "problem" novels, which would obsess over something like a divorce, or an accidental pregnancy, for 120 pages. "The formula has been broken," says Eliza Dresang, author of Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Reads Like Teen Spirit | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...BUSH] "My first goal is to usher in the responsibility era. An era that stands in stark contrast to the last few decades, when the culture has clearly said, If it feels good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Fellow Americanos... | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...like many siblings, SAS and the campaign have taken different routes in their evolution. The two groups' styles in negotiating with the University are studies in stark contrasts...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sweatshop Movement, Living Wage Campaign Forge Different Paths to Success | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...military buildup isn't its top priority, "unless we help change it," says a Clinton aide. Whether China chooses to exploit the secrets it has already stolen to embark on a superpower arms race may depend on how Washington manages this dangerous rift. The Cox report offers a stark warning. If we get hostile, they will get hostile. If both China and the U.S. give in to extremists in their capitals and let their relationship unravel, the worst-case scenario the report presents just might come true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Cold War? | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...effectively turns the normally empty and foreboding Loeb X into a Chicago junk store cluttered nearly to the point of confusion, a maze for Mamet's unlikely heroes to negotiate as they struggle through the world. Behind all the rusty typewriters and lamps, however, the walls are a stark gray. Add to this the hauntingly pale lighting of Ali Ruth Davis '00, and Mamet's maze of a junk store begins to resemble the prison that it is for his characters...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NICKEL and CRIME | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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