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...heightened tensions are made more tragic because blacks and Jews share common interests. "Jews are the most natural white allies that blacks have," says Jonathan Kaufman, author of Broken Alliance, a book about black-Jewish relations. "Jews still remain the one group that's willing to vote for a black candidate." And although the press dwells on alleged black anti- Semitism, Roger Wilkins, a professor of history at George Mason University, observes, "Black people didn't create the law firms and banking firms that wouldn't hire Jews. The Wasps did that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enforcing Correctness | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...mistake to think that California's glory days are over. It is still a land of infinite possibilities--a land not bound by tradition or by guilt. A land where shrimp scampi passes as a pizza topping. It is a tragic land, to be sure. As Christopher Isherwood saw, California "is a tragic country--like Palestine, like every Promised Land...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...California is tragic, but the promise of its "Dream" still beckons many toward its sunny coasts. So, stop feeling sorry for us. Hit me with your best anti-California zinger. I like it that...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

However, the syllabus for literature and Arts A35: "Tragic Drama and Human Conflict," which was offered last semester, is a good example of "syllabias." It opens with the goals and themes of the course, playing to students' preference for cozy abstractions over cold, hard facts...

Author: By Richard Chiang, | Title: For the Moment | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...filler continues: "Its is assumed that the typical student taking the course has studied some Shakespeare in secondary school, and is at least interested in learning more about tragedy as a whole." It seems unlikely that a student would take a class with "Tragic Drama" in the title without having at least a passing interest in the topic...

Author: By Richard Chiang, | Title: For the Moment | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

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