Word: butte
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...modern drama. It is a 15th-century Italian play. But at times the director and cast seem to forget this fact, using modern staging and language inappropriately. Often, the perfectly obvious bawdiness of many lines is unnecessarily exaggerated by lude gestures. Lines like, "I had to work off my butt to learn amo, amas, amat" have a disconcerting incongruity to them. And the costuming, an odd blend of blue jeans and Renaissance-like kitsch, is innovative without purpose...
...along, they were really rooting for Harvard to "kick some intellectual butt." That's why they paraded the Calculators', Bidders', Checkmaters' and Talkers' national championships so prominently at the bottom of page 7, after burying the Icemens' NCAA title story under a six-column front page banner headline...
This year, however, hasn't been as bad for the University as some people suppose. Harvard's math team, chess team, bridge team and on-topic debate team placed first in the country against formidable opposition. Put bluntly, we kicked some intellectual butt...
...centuries, Harvard's food has been the deserving butt of campus humor and ill will. In 1638, the first headmaster of the College was fired after serving the students poor quality food. Sad to say, conditions have not improved considerably since. Hard to swallow, difficult to digest and often painful to look at, the daily offerings of Harvard Dining Services are in need of radical overhaul. Several improvements over the past few years have upgraded the quality of Harvard's menu. But among college dining services, Harvard Dining Services is still a lemon...
Nixon, who describes as one of his strengths the "iron butt" necessary for long hours of scholarship, had done all his homework when he met last week for two interviews in his office in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., with TIME chief of correspondents John F. Stacks and editor at large Strobe Talbott. "What is striking is that he regards these interviews as serious works and prepares for them," says Talbott. "He works out his talking points in a detailed fashion. He has a definite agenda...