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...bluesy jazzy music is intended to cement the idea of the 1940s in the minds of the audience. In this respect, though, the Quincy House production might be too enthusiastic. At every stage changeover, the lights are dimmed and the music blares out. This would have provided a perfect transition between the scenes were it not for the sometimes-incongruous mood of the music with the preceding drama--Shakespeare's emotional fireworks are diminished when they are followed by "Makin' Whoopee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Ends' Justify Quincy's Means | 3/14/1996 | See Source »

...cement," the dean said, adding that it is "hardening fast...

Author: By Colleen T. Bangle, | Title: College Adopts New House Transfer Policy | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...Secretary proceeded to outline the Clinton Administration's capitalist initiatives for the upcoming year. The foremost goal is to cement the "implementation" of trade agreements that promote the "U.S. as the hub of an increasingly open global free trading system." This expansionary mode includes a push to invite Chile to join Nafta. Among the most original proposals was Christopher's pledge to assist American environmental industries in order to "capture more of a $400 billion global market...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: On State Business | 1/19/1996 | See Source »

...Planet Hollywood is good, but a Polaroid camera is better. DEMI MOORE has snapped a self-portrait (yes, that's her) and penned a piece for Details' Mondo Hollywood issue. Apparently, divadom isn't all it's cracked up to be. Moore complains of being thrown onto powdered cement, walking "small, repetitive distances in uncomfortable shoes" and standing around in a G-string with tissues stuffed up her nose. "I have even gone so far as to roll around in a semiclad state on piles of money and Michael Douglas," she says. All for just a few million lousy bucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...seventh birthday, Elisa Izquierdo lay in her casket, wearing a crown of flowers. The casket was open, which was an anguished protest on someone's part; no exertion of the undertaker's art could conceal all Elisa's wounds. Before she smashed her daughter's head against a cement wall, Awilda Lopez told police, she had made her eat her own feces and used her head to mop the floor. All this over a period of weeks, or maybe months. The fairy tale was ended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELISA IZQUIERDO: ABANDONED TO HER FATE | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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