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...reaction of alumni to the crass (and possibly illegal) "electioneering at the polls" by Overseers President Joan Bok is understandably widespread and vitriolic. Some specific aspects of and questions about the various enclosures to the Overseers ballots perhaps are worth highlighting, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board of Overseers Electioneering | 5/16/1986 | See Source »

...commercial messages. The Grinch supposedly discovers that Christmas does not come from a package, that it is not all commercialism. But the network executives at ABC proved the Grinch dead-wrong, as they stole time from under him for just such commercialism: advertisements. Commercialization of holidays is always crass, but especially during the Grinch. Unfortunately this year's Grinch did show the true meaning of Christmas...

Author: By Henry E. Smith, | Title: How X-Mas Stole the Grinch | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

...first act of Richard's Cork Leg is a real treat. The urns from Play are transformed into an old Irish cemetery, soon to be peopled by a very talented group of actors. In the lead role of Cronin, Charles Puckette steals the show, mellowing his character's crass politics and sexuality with a devil-may-care Irish charm. Laura Gonzales, who plays the prostitute Rose of Lima, sings and moves with the sensuality of an Irish Kate Bush. And the song and dance team of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Patrick Bradford) and his singing corpse (Jeffrey Korn) are an absolute...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Agony and Ecstasy on the Mainstage | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...This demonstration takes on a whole complex of issues," said DSA member Damon A. Silvers '86. "It represents our opposition to the drift this country is taking toward a foreign policy of aggression and adventurism and a domestic policy of a sort of crass materialism...

Author: By William G. Malley, | Title: 50 Students to Rally in Capital | 4/17/1985 | See Source »

...hours of community service for his involvement in a fraudulent real estate deal). Last week also brought news that Ferraro, who previously signed a $1 million book deal, has just filmed a TV commercial for Diet Pepsi. Reported fee: $500,000. Would all that loot seem like a crass cash-in to the electorate when Ferraro runs for the Senate in New York next year? She was not saying. But if she loses, she just has to rework one of her jokes: when her mother asked if Ferraro would really be elected Vice President, "I told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 4, 1985 | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

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