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...sink his teeth into the Lear-like, madness Titus teeters toward, but he does manage to convince as a brave, basically well-meaning guy who nature probably intended to be a hero. Amaechi chooses to take a playful, goblin-like approach to the treacherous, unrepentant Aaron, which tends to diminish him as a personification of pure evil: he's more Puck than Iago. Jason Mills '99 plays Marcus, the faithful brother and sole figure of reason, as a semicomic counter to Titus, but has a moment of unexpected resonance when he discovers the raped and mutilated Lavinia--a moment that...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eerie 'Titus' Ushers in Halloween at Adams | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...tunes of the 19th century waltz king after whom Rieu's orchestra is named. "When I want a melody/ Lilting through the house,/ Then I want a melody/ By Strauss," Ira Gershwin wrote in 1936, and six intervening decades of swing, rock and hip-hop have done nothing to diminish the truth of his words. Handsome fiddlers come and go, but Strauss, it seems, is here to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE NEW WALTZ KING | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...same time, there are other chapters that recognize that we have to do something in the fraternity system both to change our image and to diminish the influ- influence that alcohol has on fraternity life," Martin added...

Author: By Ariel R. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fraternity Had Planned Alcohol Ban Before Student's Death | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

...Mosenergo the only electricity supplier to more than 16 million people in the Moscow region, but it furnishes more than 80% of their heat as well. The company owns 21 electric power stations, with a generation capacity of 14,690 MW. Demand for Mosenergo's services is unlikely to diminish anytime soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TOUCH EXOTIC | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...Stewart added that a high price tag does not diminish the importance of a college education...

Author: By Jie Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Survey Finds College Tuition Rates Rising Across Country | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

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