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...Widowers' Houses is worth seeing, if only for the set design of Charles Morgan, which lavishly recreates the era of wrought iron garden furniture, trompe I'oeil marble trellises and crazy paving. And there are hints here and there of the Shaw who was yet to emerge--the wry cynic who could create dialogue such as this...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Engaging Production of Widower's Houses | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

What's important now is believing, believing that Harvard can take the title. I've always been a cynic, (I'm also Red Sox fan, so what can you expect?), but starting September 19, when Harvard defeats, er, plays Columbia in New York, I'm going to start believing that the title can, and will, return to Cambridge this year...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: A Desperate Plea to the Powers That Be | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

What's important now is believing, believing that Harvard can take the title. I've always been a cynic, (I'm also Red Sox fan, so what can you expect?), but starting September 19, when Harvard defeats, er, plays Columbia in New York, I'm going to start believing that the title can, and will, return to Cambridge this year...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: A Desperate Plea to the Powers That Be | 9/16/1992 | See Source »

...ABBREVIATION cynic, not one of those trendy, commentary-on-American-life-seeking, McLaughlin Group-windbag-aspirant media types. But while I thought I'd have wonderful new insight on Americans' diminishing powers of concentration, I've sat here all day, distractedly typing sentence fragments, searching for a new take on the topic...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: A Brief 'Thanx' To MTV | 7/21/1992 | See Source »

...recent stroyline about art and whether it should by produced for its sales value or for its own sake was quite entertaining. Hobbes, the idealist made a lovely clay tiger. Calvin the cynic, took his play-doh and produced a hundred shrunken heads of popular cartoon characters" and "stitched their mouths shut." Sick, but funny...

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

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