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Stanley Kowalski, for example, may be a brute. But he's also a funny brute, slyly, sexily testing the gentility and hypocrisies by which his sister-in-law, Blanche DuBois, lives as they contend for the soul of Stella, his wife and her sister. Streetcar's director, Elia Kazan, loved this performance because of the way Brando "challenges the whole system of politeness and good nature and good ethics and everything else." It was, of course, this rebelliousness that made Brando a hero to kids growing up in the '50s--and made him a star...
Tension was high and the weather conditions were abominable, but Harvard played with the will that a team needs in order to contend for a national championship. A national title, merely an afterthought at the start of Harvard's season, was what Harvard was pursuing now. And in the 142nd minute of play, the Crimson took one more step toward attaining that goal...
...TIME correspondent John Colmey says Indonesians aren't sure if Suharto could manage a transition. The President has to contend with skeptical students, thousands of whom gathered at the Parliament building and vowed not to leave unless he steps down at once. For the students -- still reeling after snipers gunned down six of their own last week -- promises of a gradual transfer of power simply aren't good enough: Suharto must go, and he must go now. With a large demonstration set for Wednesday, and with students promising not to leave the Parliament building, it's shaping...
...University's tenure process has been the subject of debate for several years, particularly in recent months. Many contend that the entire system needs an overhaul...
...public consumption, the cruise captains have been shouting, "Welcome aboard!" They contend, as they always have, that the seafaring market is still largely untapped, with just 8% of North Americans having taken a cruise. That leaves plenty of room for bookings to continue to grow a robust 9% to 10% a year. "Our philosophy is, 'If you build the ship, they will come,'" says Rich Steck, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean, which is spending more than $2.8 billion to add seven new liners to its 16-ship fleet by 2002. "We're banking on that heavily...