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...condom cache resides in a non-descript black box on the laundry room wall. A quarter full, it offers three types of condoms: Trojan lubricated with spermicide, Trojan lubricated without spermicide and LifeStyles non-lubricated. The extensive instructions include details and pictures about condom use, as well as a section of "Tips for Success," which advises that "Oil rots rubber," and condoms should not be stored in one's wallet...

Author: By Emily F. Oster, | Title: Looking for Rubbers | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

Harshbarger's campaign headquarters are tuckedaway in a non-descript State Street building, butthe office atmosphere was filled with confidence.A sign counts down the days until "GovernorHarshbarger...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellucci, Harshbarger Enter Final Stretch | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...prototypical attempt to disguise oneself involves hiding behind a pair of impenetrably dark sunglasses, pulling a wide-brimmed hat down low over the brow and wearing slobby non-descript clothes. The method is used ostentatiously by Hollywood stars and ridiculously by cliched private eyes in detective flicks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: going undercover | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...Class of 2000 turned from a bunch of non-descript players that had trouble on the transition to individuals with different strengths who helped form a pretty good team...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Lax Stays in Ivy Lower Echelon | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

With the emotional intensity of William Faulkner, the eeriness of Edgar Allen Poe and some of the old-style manners of Margaret Mitchell, the film version of Tennessee Williams' smashing play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," won four Academy Awards in 1951. Today those non-descript Oscar figurines should be polished to their original sheen because perfection, impossibly enough, has been improved. Four minutes of charged dialogue, violent actions and a different ending have returned this film to the state Williams and director Elia Kazan originally intended...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Steamy "streetcar" Goes all the Way | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

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