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  • July 2008

    • Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT

      Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      (Newser) - University campuses all over the country are becoming less passionate and more businesslike as liberal '60s professors retire, the New York Times reports. The process is expected to accelerate over the next decade as Baby Boomers hired in the great '70s expansion of  higher education move on, to be replaced by a generation for whom '60s-style radicalism is ancient history. More »

  • April 2008
  • November 2007

    • Literary Bull Blundered and Thrived

      Time  |  Nov 10, 07 7:33 PM CST

      Literary Bull Blundered and Thrived

      (Newser) - Egotist, chauvinist, brawler, Mailer battled "a culture subsiding into room temperature," Time says. His work vented "his own inner conditions" as he lurched from fame at age 25 to so-so books to his "brilliant" Armies of the Night in 1968. He made big gaffes—blaming patients for their cancer, directing bad films, helping parole a murderer—but "something important was lost" when he died today. “Norman come back," says Time . "Nothing is forgiven.” More »

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