Monthly Archives: November 2019

NYT: Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63?

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The Ruling Class

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The Private Life Of Chairman Mao

Here are some highlights from this 1996 book: * He sought to triumph over death through Daoist methods of sex. He followed no schedule except on May Day and National Day and on the rare occasions when he received foreign … Continue reading

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Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany’s Winter Campaign, 1941-1942

Highlights from the new David Stahel book: * According to Kühne, the nature of German comradeship at the front incorporated certain “homoerotic” feelings, which must be firmly dissociated from what contemporaries saw as the reviled act of manifest homosexuality. In … Continue reading

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NYT: Al Burton, 91, Dies; Sitcom Producer With an Eye for Youth Culture

From the New York Times: Al Burton, a television producer who began his long career in 1949 with a show about teenagers in Los Angeles and later helped develop programs as diverse as “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and “Win Ben … Continue reading

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