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...Indecent Materials, a pair of one-act plays linking homophobia to right-wing criticism of the National Endowment for the Arts, an actor from North Carolina steps out of character to vow that this year his state will unseat the NEA's foremost critic, Senator Jesse Helms. Despite that bravado, many cultural leaders fear that what started out as a skirmish against would- be censors is turning into an unwinnable war. After years of debate about whether public funding for the arts was growing fast enough, cultural institutions now worry whether the NEA will survive at all, at least...
...play and Connell are at their best when the hero confronts his seemingly futile love for the beautiful Roxane. Cyrano is certain she will scorn him if he reveals his true feelings for her because, despite his bravado, he is monstrously insecure about the nose "which marches before him a quarter of an hour...
...parliamentary debate over transistor radios, took advantage of a brilliant spring day to stroll Gediminas Boulevard and look into shopwindows that even in the worst of times have been better supplied than Moscow's. There were no signs of hoarding or panic buying. Said a youthful patriot, with bravado: "How can our lives be any worse than they have already been under 50 years of Communist rule...
...York City, security guards searched bags to prevent workers from carting away computers and company records. "People are in a state of shock. They're laughing and crying," said bond salesman Taylor Greene. Retorted a young broker as he stepped into a limousine with one last show of '80s bravado: "I'll enjoy reading about all this from Hawaii...
...about attitude, rebellion, a big beat, sex and, sometimes, social comment. If that's what you're looking for now, you're going to find it here." The basic sound, propelled by a slamming polyrhythmic beat, is loud and raw. The lyrics, a raucous stew of street-corner bravado and racial boosterism, are often salted with profanity, and sometimes with demeaning remarks about whites, women and gays. The fact that they are delivered by young, self-consciously arrogant black men in a society where black youths make many whites uneasy doesn't help either...