Mediations on Emergent Occasions: Mad Men, Donald Draper and Frank O’Hara

Devotions upon emergent occasions

Society since its inauguration in 1660. There were several in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and the present club probably began in 1731. However, during its lifetime other subsidiary clubs have been formed: Sir Joseph Banks', The Royal Society Club, 1775 to 1784; the 47 Club, from 1874 to 1901 when it amalgamated with the older club. Naturally there have been several accounts ...

Ohara 3_8

The possible involvement of Toll-like receptor (TLR) genome DNA in the prolongation and relapse of inflammatory intestinal diseases and alcoholic hepatic diseases has been reported. In this study, we examined the relationship of mutations of the TLR 2, 4, 6 and 9 genomic DNA to recurrent or intractable gastritis or gastric ulcers. The subjects were 32 patients, including 6 with H. pylori (Hp)po...

Mediations on Lymphoma in Dogs and Cats

The world of Mad Men: power, surface and passion.

Mad Men is disturbing to post-millennium viewers, particularly those of a "certain" age, on three counts. First, it invokes a particular historical context of gender oppression; second it captures the prevailing post-War injunction that emotional distress is unseemly and distasteful; and third, it captures the zeitgeist's celebration of surface over substance in relationship. However, just as d...

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