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Victoria G.T. Bassetti

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Southern Shadows

Strictly the Southerner had no mind; he had temperament. He was not a scholar; he had no intellectual training; he


The Pitfalls of Heroic History Writing

Due to an editing error the following book review was run in incomplete form on Saturday. What follows is the


Not Up To Par

Liberty and Power: 1600-1760 Volume One of Liberty in America--1600 to the Present By Oscar and Lilian Handlin Harper and


An Autumnal Adventure: Foliage in Vermont

N othing quite compares to the feeling of walking over the ground strewn with apples. The sound of apples crushing


An Ethereal, but Hip Fairy Tale

The King Stag By Carlo Gozzi Directed by Andrei Serban At the American Repertory Theatre 8 p.m., through September 5


Jewett's Open Door

T HE FIRST YEAR in office for Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has been a momentous one,


Not Trashy Enough

Reversal of Fortune Alan M. Dershowitz Random House; 267 pages. M ONEY, SEX, DRUGS, mistresses, heiresses, revenge, murder and due


Don't Rationalize Away Sensitivity

I HAVE A FRIEND who is going to pose for Playboy. I do not know whether she will earn $500


Diet Dementia

I DO NOT look like Elle Macpherson. I could never wear a bathing suit like the one she sports on