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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ability of these actors is most clearly manifested in scenes which contain enough translation or external evidence to make their meaning clear to the audience. For instance, Tshanini is particularly powerful in the "dagger of the mind" scene, as he contemplates his malevolently gleaming assegai. Mnisi, too, has by far her most memorable moment in the sleepwalking scene: opening with a plaintive song of mourning, the scene poignantly brings out the tragedy of her madness, as she alternates between playing in the dirt and trying, with a tragic wail, to scour her hands of imaginary blood...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spectacle Trumps Speech in `Umabatha' | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...life. In almost any segment, you see the President entering a room or in a receiving line. Now he charms, now he mixes, now he makes small talk ("Nice tie!"). At some point he may accept a token of appreciation, like a lucky rock or a ceremonial dagger. He delivers some cheerleaderish remarks and shakes every hand that looks capable of signing a check. Then comes another segment in which he does it all again. And then again. And again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, it's a case of cake-and-dagger tomorrow, as the CIA turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News Now: The GOP Reaches Out | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...cloak-and-dagger element always plays well on talk radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE EARLY LINE | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...bill has something for everyone, it's true: a cornucopia of savings for the middle class, plenty of goodies for the rich and poor--and a dagger in the back for upper-income wage slaves. The most pathetic of these victims are the high-earning slobs who live middle-class life-styles because of the high costs in cities where they must work and the draining expense of things like child care. O.K. No sad violins for onetime yuppies now pulling down $100,000 a year. Things aren't so bad for them. But that income isn't exactly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT TAX CUT? | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

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