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After many undergraduates over the past few years have tried to start up female final clubs, a groups called "The Chameleon" sent about 400 invitations to female students Wednesday for an event at the Copley Plaza hotel Grand Ballroom...

Author: By Martin L. Yeung, | Title: `Chameleon' Hosts Events for Women | 4/30/1994 | See Source »

...first introduction to Day-Lewis was his portrayal of the crippled Irishman in the movie My Left Foot. I naively thought the director was lucky to have found a physically challenged individual with such fine acting ability. I have since been amazed by Day-Lewis' chameleon-like ability to conquer any role he has chosen. My only hope is that he continues in his vocation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serious Make-Believe | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

Suddenly, this woman jumped into feminism and, incredibly, African American studies--neither of which, as the paper trail of her books shows, she had any prior interest in. The shameless chameleon display was capped off by her melodramatic avowal, at a 1991 Harvard rally, of her lesbianism, a p persuasion that had become politically chic...

Author: By Camille Paglia, | Title: An Open Letter to the Students of Harvard | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...David Bowie. The first CD-ROM from this charismatic chameleon, Jump: David Bowie Interactive, to be released shortly, will be as theatrical as its star's performances: the disk will allow users to create their own music videos using songs from Bowie's Black Tie White Noise album. "It's like you're playing a live TV producer with five cameras," says software designer Ty Roberts. "You have to pick which one to use." Jump will also feature three Black Tie music videos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Goes Interactive | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

...Candidatus Perpetuus--This species has a chameleon-like power to blend in almost anywhere. These creatures have adapted a mandibular structure similar to that of the remora--they have lips able to get a tenacious grip on the rear-end of any authority figure in an instant. The Undergraduate Council is a favorite habitat of this species, as is any slow-moving committee with an impressive name. Members can be spotted preening resumes for days on end. After college, the Candidatus pupates for three years before emerging as a lawyer...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: A New Cambridge Taxonomy | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

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