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Moreover, the protrayal of sexual relations in the play is often quite crude. Clive, coming out from underneath Mrs. Saunders' skirts, complains, "I have a hair in my mouth." Lynn's brother's ghost returns from the other side to give her an incisive commentary on why war is hell: "I was bored all day and wanking all night...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Use A Condom | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

...needy Radcliffe alumna, a self-described writer whose role seems limited to one line about needing psychiatric assistance. She lives with fellow Radcliffe alum Margaret Gaminsky, a psychology researcher who work with chimpanzees. When they decide to renovate their apartment, the two women hire Mutt Vespucci (Chris Wilder), a crude, unpretentious handy-person, bike messenger and bouncer who delves into a tortuous love-hate relationship with Margaret...

Author: By David E. Rosen, | Title: Strangers In a World Of Angst | 7/31/1992 | See Source »

...substance, the same ads have been run by almost every candidate since the '50s (including George Bush and Bill Clinton during this year's primaries) -- softball queries served up by ordinary voters that the candidates hit out of the park. By today's standards, Ike's spots were crude, but they had a bit of Perot about them. Corruption was an issue in 1952, and Ike said (as Perot would) that while he didn't know "how many crooks" there were in Washington, he would "find out" and "get rid of " them. No specifics, just the inchoate hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: On TV, It's All d?j? vu | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...Dilbert" needs to grow on the reader. upon first introduction to Scott Adams' strip about an inept scientist/bureaucrat and his fiendish canine, one might find the artwork too primitive, and the dog to be just too darn cruel. however, one soon realizes that the artworks is more stylistic than crude-the strip works partly because of its uniquely flat look. In addition, one starts to actually like the megalomaniacal mutt, Dogbert, and his some time sick sense of humor...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: What the Heck is This Dilbert? A Neophyte's Guide to the Funnies | 7/10/1992 | See Source »

...This is going to sound awful crude to say this, and maybe it will come out wrong," says Robb, "but at least during the time of slavery, they earned their keep. What benefit are they to us today, after food stamps and public housing and heating their homes and cooling their homes and caring for their children and taking them to the hospital and all the things that are done? Where's the appreciation for that, and what is the benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White & Wrong | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

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