The Argument About Things in the 1980s Barbara Cantalupo A woman about to lose

A woman about to lose her job as a professor of literature and history delivers a passionate

and what comprises the "good life

threatens the very fabric of America

increasing work productivity and job satisfaction

exploring the museums of Nicosia and hiking the untamed Akamas Peninsula

The Argument About Things in the 1980s Barbara Cantalupo A woman about to loseIn the late 1970s, a Jeff Koons art exhibit featured mounted vacuum cleaners lit by fluorescent tube lighting and identified by their product names: New Hoover Quik Broom, New Hoover Celebrity IV. Raymond Carver published short stories such as "Are These Actual Miles?" that cataloged the furniture, portable air conditioners, and children's bicycles in a family home. Some years later the garbage barge Mobro 4000 turned into an international scandal as