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...weekend by the Cleveland School of the Arts, a public magnet school whose 658 students come from some of the city's poorest neighborhoods, bears little resemblance to the traditional versions that fill most theaters at this time of year. Tchaikovsky's romantic score has been replaced by the blunt, insistent boom of a drummer pounding out rhythms on a plastic bucket. Marie, the little girl who dreams of journeying to unknown lands, has become Miesha, the knowing offspring of a single-mom family, while her godfather Drosselmeyer, though still endowed with magical powers, also plays trumpet like Miles Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleveland: Hardening the Nutcracker | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Senior shooting guard Mike Beam was even more blunt...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: No Offense | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...German 155). The works themselves are usually not beautiful. Karl Hubbuch's drypoint, profile portrait of The Schaefer Sisters shows the ugly sister fastening a necklace around her prettier sister's neck. The sisters are ably sketched, but their averted gaze, their isolation on otherwise white paper, and the blunt utility of Hubbuch's composition combine to give the viewer a queer sense of detachment, which prevents wholehearted admiration while simultaneously intensifying the clarity of appreciation. Like most of the other drawings and photographs exhibited at the Busch, The Schaefer Sisters "clicks" for the viewer just as later Abstract Expressionist...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WEIMAR at the BUSCH-REISINGER | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Leno was not the only one who got orbital schmooze time with the shuttle crew last week. Glenn also took a call from NASA administrator Daniel Goldin, who relayed a blunt message from Glenn's wife Annie: "You ain't going up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He-e-e-e-re's Johnny! | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

Tenet, however, is close to Clinton, who likes his low-key but blunt style. The Director has also courted Congress enough for Newt Gingrich to push through a $1.8 billion increase in the intelligence budget this year, bringing it to $29 billion. Tenet avoids the media and refuses to talk about his Middle East foray. But in an exclusive interview with TIME after the Wye marathon, he maintained that the CIA "can have an enormous impact on the future, but the fact is that we have to become a more agile institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming In From The Cold | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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