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With an expression of art as contemporary as modern dance, it is not always easy to draw exact meanings from a performance. A startled leap, a passionate embrace, the hurling of dolls across the stage--all of these motions could mean a number of things. Anger? Fear? Rebellion against society...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Josa-Jones In 'Wonderland': Curiouser and Curiouser | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

Along with such Clinton campaign veterans as George Stephanopoulos and Mandy Grunwald, I spend my waking hours trying to decipher a political riddle far more baffling than Hillary Clinton's uncanny knack for picking winners in the commodities markets. Who is "Anonymous," the reclusive author of Primary Colors (Random House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

One walks down the newly-built stone steps on the Science Center side of Memorial Hall into a near limitless opportunity for procrastination. Eight friends assault you as soon as you walk through the imposing, mahogany doors, and together you mill around the Commons, indulging in a decision-making process...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: An Excellent Student Center | 12/12/1995 | See Source »

AT HIS VILLA IN BEIJING, DENG Xiaoping, 91, sits in a wheelchair unable to speak. Sometimes he is shown a document, specially printed in oversized characters. He nods, shakes his head or simply stares. One of his daughters then attempts to decipher his meaning. Years ago, Deng resigned from his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RISKY CHANGE IN A DYNASTY | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

However, the Peninsula does provide one essential service. Without a lot of double talk or innuendo, it spells out the pathological aspects of conservative thought. I don't have to decipher the Peninsula too much to know where my enemies stand. Hunter S. Thompson once wrote that "as long as...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Back Up Off Me | 10/4/1995 | See Source »

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