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...instances of racial inequity in the plot. When racial issues are discussed, it is mainly through allusion and not direct depiction. For example, when the Black and White church choruses interchange lines in the very effective opening and closing scenes, the White chorus' line, "Love those who cheat you," is offset by the Black chorus' "Love those who beat you," in an interplay that evokes the extreme unfairness of the society...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Thesis Becomes a Dazzling Musical | 4/25/1991 | See Source »

...steroid expert. "It's not even a close fight." Some athletes use so-called masking agents, chemicals that muddle test results to conceal steroid use. Others have turned from synthetic substances to human-growth hormone, which is virtually impossible to detect. Some have retained private labs to help them cheat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Again -- on Empty | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2 (NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read? How, in a word, can he be snowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: `It Is Time to Disillusion' | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...first you don't succeed, then cheat like crazy. That seems to be the philosophy behind the making of an ad for Volvos. Print and TV commercials featured Bear Foot, a six-ton truck that drives over a row of cars, flattening them all -- except the Volvo. But last week the Swedish automaker withdrew the ad, admitting that the sturdy Volvo had a little help: steel posts welded to the chassis. When Volvo filmed the commercial last June in Austin, Bear Foot initially crushed everything in its path, including a Volvo. In view of 400 hired spectators, the production crew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Taking 'Em For a Ride | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...jumped 85% during her tenure, to 2.4 million this season. An intrepid cost cutter, she canceled Riverfront Stadium fireworks displays, and signs all checks for the team herself. "Daddy always taught us it wasn't right to waste money," says the chain-smoking Schott. "When I see someone cheat for two bucks it makes me want to throw up." She was devastated by the conviction of former Reds manager Pete Rose for tax evasion, but it has not slowed her pace one whit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ten Women: To Each Her Own | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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