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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...philosophical burglar, a relaxation-technique enthusiast, an Arab sheik and plates of sardines all contribute to the side-splitting humor of the Loeb Mainstage's play within a play, Noises Off. Written by Michael Frayn, Noises Off is really about a second-rate theater company's attempt to stage second-rate playwright Robin House-monger's Nothing On. This HRDC production employs skillful direction and great comic talent to focus on the onstage and backstage sexual politics of a group of British has-been actors...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: And on the Eighth Day, God Took His Valium | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...October 26 Crimson reached a level of journalistic irresponsibiliy which I have not seen since I last read my high school newspaper. I refer to the story, "Burglar Takes $500 in Goods from Dorm." The Crimson should not have printed that "'all you need is a credit card' to get into the entryway door...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Aids Thieves | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

Even when Monsters' stories are predictable and thin, the show is enlivened by grisly good humor. In one episode, two burglar brothers kill an old lady (Imogene Coca) while ransacking her home, but not before she bites one on the hand. The swollen wound soon takes the shape of the dead woman's face, which won't shut up. "It's like in one of them Wolfman movies," cries the cursed fellow. Replies his dim-witted brother: "What, an old lady bites you, and you turn into another old lady?" This weekend Soupy Sales plays a traveling salesman who, after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Invasion of The Wild Things | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...typical boot camp is the Al Burruss Correctional Training Center in Forsyth, Ga., where 150 inmates are housed in two-level, spartan, modern facilities. A scene one recent morning: correctional officer Eddie Cash greets burglar Robert Parker and three other new inmates with a stream of profane abuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Incarceration | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

According to the police report, the burglar entered the building, which houses both businesses, through a back room ceiling. The same site was used to gain entry in a previous burglary, police reported...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Two More Robberies Hit Harvard Square | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

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