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...first of a weekly series of Norton lectures entitled "Six Walks in the Fictional Woods," Eco addressed the role of the reader as an active participant in relation to the text...

Author: By Judith E. Dutton, | Title: Readers Choose Paths In Texts, Author Says | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

...transport planes to drop food and medicine to besieged towns and villages in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before a single parcel even reached the ground, the Bosnian government in Sarajevo began plastering the city with posters of Clinton overlaid with an open hand. THANKS, BILL, read the text. THANKS, AMERICA. It was more than simple gratitude from people who still believe -- perhaps vainly -- that the U.S. will save them. "The Americans are in 100% now," said Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Altitude | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

What follows is the text of a letter to the editors from the organizers of junior parents weekend...

Author: By Nara K. Ahn, | Title: AAA Leaders Upset Over Representation | 3/5/1993 | See Source »

Reed also manages to write himself into the text, often using the novel as a sounding board for opinions that wouldn't otherwise be published. Early on he clarifies his stancwe toward feminism, referring to allegations from Ms. magazine that he was the first to label Black feminist writers traitors to the race, stating that "Ringleader Ismael Reed has never called anybody a traitor to anybody's race and not only hasn't opposed black women writing about black male misogyny but has published some of it." The test abounds with similar interjections which add to the anti-novel effect...

Author: By Tracy K. Smith, | Title: Japanese Dismantles the Ivory Tower | 3/4/1993 | See Source »

...notebook is a complete system containing all compounds necessary for everyday use, from a powerful central processing unit (CPU) to a screen that can display more than a dozen lines of text, a full-size keyboard, and adequate amount of storage. Anything that weighs more than eight pounds is classified as a laptop-which has declined in popularity-and if a system goes under three pounds, it is called a subnotebook. Those under one pound are referred to as "palmtops...

Author: By Haibin Hu, | Title: P.C. CORNER | 3/2/1993 | See Source »

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