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...Class of 1949's 25th anniversary report, MacNeil characterized himself as a skeptic, rather than a cynic. He recently says that this philosophy affects his perception of Harvard...

Author: By Joseph P. Chase, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MacNeil Analyzes Washington Politics for TV Audiences | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Class of 1949's 25th anniversary report, MacNeil characterized himself as a skeptic rather than a cynic. He recently says that this philosophy affects his perception of Harvard...

Author: By Neil Macneil, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Putting D.C. on TV: MacNeil Reviews Washington's Week | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Chastened by the reception of a certain red-lettered heroine's heartrending tale, the director of such wide eyed spiritual triumphs as The Mission and City of God--just look at those titles--has gone blackly cynic. In Roland Joffe's twist-filled but flawed new feature, religion serves only to provide a respectable front for the depraved or to highlight its golly-gee practitioners' cluelessness. But that's not the main thrust: In this noir comedy, lust, greed, jealousy, betrayal and just generally people's worst sides stand in mocking contrast to any form of decency (i.e. gullibility...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back to Black | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

Before you dismiss my classmate as a disgruntled cynic, let me tell you that well-liked, upbeat person has spent the past four years in the company of a very happy group of friends-and let me remind you that no true cynic would volunteer for the Senior Gift. Yet what my classmate said was striking in its accuracy, and it made all of us pause to wonder. What, really, will be the legacy of the Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making Time for One Another | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...with two hours in between. I'll need a few bucks for a snack, books and notebooks for both classes, and a raincoat since it would probably rain even if they hadn't forecast it (walking to the Quad through a Nor'Easter last year turned me into a cynic...

Author: By Allison M. Fitzgerald, A SCRUTINY | Title: LIVING ON THE EDGE | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

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