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Katherine P. States

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Lessons of History

You were there. The year was 1979, the year American history went down. The courses numbered three: two international relations;


The Best Movie on Wheels

A PG RATING five years ago meant a couple of swear words (but not fuck), a first love (but no


Rona's Radcliffe

C LASS REUNION, Rona Jaffe's account of the lives of four Radcliffe grads from the '50s, is a swamp. As


Full of Sound and Fury

I MAGINE A SESAME STREET CIRCUS: demented Muppets in Crayola-Vision scampering around the arena babbling at '78 r.p.m., accompanied by


Rona's Radcliffe

C LASS REUNION, Rona Jaffe's account of the lives of four Radcliffe grads from the 50s, is a swamp. As


Between the Idea and the Reality

L EN MAGUIRE, Cinetone cameraman, is just a regular kind of guy. He has a dull marriage that falls apart


Speaking for Himself

"I T WAS LIKE conducting a battle campaign--you find the grunts, the students in the front lines....then you talk with


After Law School--What?

W HEN THE PAPER CHASE hit the big screen, many a preprofessional conscience flinched. Perhaps some even paused a moment


Carter Doctors the Hospitals

P RESIDENT CARTER stalked into office two years ago confident that he could stop inflation and balance the federal budget.