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The Last Don
" A week after the death of Athena’s violent, vengeful ex-husband, Boz Skannet. Cross De Lena received a dinner invitation to Athena Aquitane’s house in Malibu through his sister Claudia. "
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Placing Women in History: Definitions and Challenges
" In the brief span of five years in which American historians have begun to develop women’s history as an independent field, they have sought to find a conceptual framework and a methodology appropriate to the task. "
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Woman as Slave
" Historical sources on the origins of slavery of slavery are sparse, speculative and difficult to evaluate. "
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Living in Translation
" When I came to the United States in 1939 as a refugee from Hitler fascism, I had, like all refugees, a very problematic relationship with the English language. "
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The Legacy of Jackson Pollock
" The tragic news of Pollock’s death two summers ago was profoundly depressing to many of us. "
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Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir
" My life, or career, in Greenwich Village began when Sheri Donatti invited me to move in with her. "
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A Portrait of the Hipster
" As he was the illegitimate son of the Lost Generation, the hipster was really nowhere. And, just as amputees often seem to localize their strongest sensations in the missing limb, so the hipster longed, from the very beginning, to be somewhere. "
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Shakespeare
" Auden gave the following mimeographed final examination in his Saturday afternoon class for the students taking the course for credit in the fall term. Part B of the examination, which Ansen wrote in by hand with the comment “unexpected,” was dictated by Auden in class. "
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Professionals as Professors: Fashion before 1950
The Fashion Design program at Parsons has always been known for its professors and mentors, and the professors have always been industry professionals who bring the students outside of the classroom and into the real world. Before 1952 some of the most notable and iconic professors and mentors were Gilbert Adrian, Claire McCardell, and Christian […]