Word: coweringly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...posturing" as feminists for the sole purpose of advancing their careers. The absurdity of Paglia's accusations hardly needs comment. Since when did being a feminist help any woman's tenure portfolio? Paglia paints a picture of an Academy so terrorized by feminist ideologues that the old boys faintly cower in terror, their hands--no doubt--cupped in front of their, er, more private parts. Move over, Harvey Mansfield and endowed co., here comes Lorena Bobbitt and not only is she pissed, but--much worse--she's tenured...
...entire play takes place in Barney's Delicatessen, where Rob and Bobby, the two men behind the counter, pass limitless hours churning out sandwiches for a lunch rush that never arrives. They cower under the threatening influence of an ominously absent boss named Barney as Rob discloses piecemeal the play's central concerns. Among these are the presence of a mysterious and impenetrable room "behind the back room" of the deli, which he spends most of his time trying to infiltrate; a violent "occurrence" which resulted in the disappearance of the deli's previous employees; and the undisclosed identity...