Search Details

Word: commonness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...juxtapose The Crimson's decision--whatever that decision has been--with the efforts of Jean Genet or martin Luther king Jr. ("The Crimson's Hubris") is rather breathtaking. Yet in one important sense there is a common denominator--Genet and King confronted power and rejected its claims. Does Michael W. Hirschorn really mean to suggest that waving Playboy's flag--while taking its cash--could be somehow equivalent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pornography | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

Over the past two years, actress Kelly McGillis has been receiving rave reviews--from her starring role in last year's hit thriller Witness to her recent portrayal of Nina in the National Repertory Theater's production of Anton Chekov's The Seagull. Yesterday in the Quincy House Junior Common Room, McGillis tried her hand at some critique, herself...

Author: By Lea A. Saslav, | Title: Actress Bears Witness to Hollywood Stardom | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

...what could the council do to get students out of their common rooms and into council forums? They could advertise more. Instead of putting up 100 posters advertising the event, they could put up 200 or 500. Instead of postering the Tuesday prior to the forum, they could have started on Sunday. Instead of putting an ad in the Independent only on the day of the event, they could have run ads during the two weeks before the forum. Instead of costing $28, the forum could have used up $100 of the council's funds...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Travesty for Two | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

OVERWHELMING THE LOWBUDGET staging of Junior Common Room vinyl, the Lowell House Drama Society renders an impressive performance of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. A cosy setting without lights, curtain or stage serves to bring the audience right into the living room with sparring couple George (Daniel Zelman) and Martha (Alicia Rubin), and their tortured guests Nick (Aaron Carlos) and Honey (Jane Loranger...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: A Good Fright | 3/7/1986 | See Source »

...through a series of parlor games: Humiliate the Host, Get the Guests, Hump the Hostess, and, finally and most deadly, Bringing Up Baby. None of the characters is spared by the scalpel of these not-so-playful plays. Father-killing, mother-killing, baby-killing--all are dredged up for common consumption...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: A Good Fright | 3/7/1986 | See Source »

Previous | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | Next