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The Second Sex at Middlesex Courthouse
The Middlesex District Courthouse is tall, grey, grim. Inside, everything looks as if it's covered with a layer of grit.
Anita Loos: a Woman in a Man's World
Anita Loos By Gary Carey New York Alfred A. Knopf $24.95 A NITA Loos was a Hollywood oddity, a silent
Going Great Guns
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Written by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Pat Proft
Old Racism, New Victims
A SIAN-AMERICANS used to be called "Orientals." During World War II, some were incarcerated in camps. Still, in 1988, American
The Black Sheep of the Family
T ELEVISION'S role in this year's election has been much discussed. The significance of "sound bites" and "spin doctors" has
Stomping on Individualism
R EEBOKS are just shoes. Unless you believe the new Reebok ad campaign which depicts them as symbols for American
All My Brain and Body Need
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll Conceived by Eric Bogosian At the American Repertory. Theatre Through October 8 W ITH all
Deep Breathing
C RITICS often refer to Ann Tyler as a "domestic" novelist. Her novels generally deal with families, with relationships and
Rebels Without a Clue
Running on Empty Written by Naomi Foner Directed by Sidney Lumet At the USA Harvard Square R UNNING on Empty
Choice of a Pop Generation
I T is a tense night in the Bush camp as George and some key advisers wait for the call
There's a Monster in the House
The Fifth Child By Doris Lessing Alfred E. Knopf, Inc. 133 pp. $15.95 I N The Fifth Child, Doris Lessing
The High Price of Culture
M ADISON Avenue has a new strategy for slipping into the discerning pocketbooks of the baby-boomers. Last week The New
From `A' to `S': What's in a Letter?
I N S., John Updike reaches back 200 years to put himself in direct dialogue with another great realist. New
Spike's Dislike
I MAGINE this: a white director who has just made a film that turned a zillion percent profit walks into
Sophomore Slump
School Daze Written and directed by Spike Lee At the USA Beacon Hill S PIKE Lee made one the best
