Marge Piercy epitomizes a feminist maxim: "The personal is political." In the essay "Mirror Images" (1980) Piercy writes, "My poetry appears to me at once more personal and universal than my fiction. ...
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Marge Piercy's reputation as an important fiction writer began with the appearance of her first published novel, Going Down Fast, in 1969. Especially with Gone to Soldiers (1987) and City of Darknes...
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Japan's May new vehicle sales down 8.3%, minivehicles slip 2.9%
TOKYO - Japan's domestic sales of new motor vehicles with engine
capacity of over 660 cc fell 8.3 percent in May f...
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Toy maker Mattel Inc. went to court Tuesday to declare that the name of its clean-cut Barbie dolls doesn't belong on a model's pornographic Web site.In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Man...
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More than 700 toy factories in booming southern China have been banned from exporting what they produce as part of a crackdown on shoddy products, the government said Thursday.The four-month-long c...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The vast majority of
Americans surveyed say they associate China with unsafe toys,
and they are divided on whether they trust major toymakers to
ensure products on store she...
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APEC leaders call for stricter food, product safety in region: draft
SYDNEY - Asia-Pacific leaders will agree ''on the need to
develop a more robust approach to strengthening foo...
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China is enforcing strict standards for its exports and will continue to work to regain consumer confidence in its products a top quality official said Wednesday.Li Changjiang, head of China's Gene...
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Today is Friday, April 27, the 117th day of 2007. There are 248 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 27, 1805, during the First Barbary War, an American-led force of Marines ...
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Mattel Inc. reported lower first-quarter profit Monday but beat Wall Street revenue expectations with strong sales, despite a decline in demand for Barbie dolls in the U.S.Profit slipped 60 percent...
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U.S. stocks headed for a largely flat open Monday as investors digested the market's huge gains of last week and received news of a potential big telecom deal.Stock futures showed little movement e...
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