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...stage. As the orchestra surges to the brass-driven climax of the adagio from Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, naked fluorescent lights flash down from the ceiling, garishly illuminating the entire theater. Slowly the prisoners turn away from the audience toward a distant, fiery orange backdrop.Slowly they doff the blankets that cover t heir bodies; on their backs are stenciled stark black numerals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Stars of Stuttgart | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

English Department, doff thy name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEPARTMENT OF ROSES? | 2/21/1973 | See Source »

...some bones; An insect necktie for Williams, Carroll For Douglas Bryant, a Widener Carrel. And we'll relive the Battle of the Boyne again Led by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. And could we forget, at this gladsome Yule Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule? Courteousely our hats we'll doff, then. For Kenneth and for Stanley Hoffmann. Free, Moira, yes. And flee, Thanatos! While we drink to James Yannatos. A nice new Bible would be For Peter and Charles P. Price, loast Muhammed Ali, and his awesome fight skill, Then drink a skoal to toast, every cabbie, cop The working class hero...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Down the Hatch and Down the Chimney | 12/16/1971 | See Source »

...without making any commitments, Bok has become the personification of The Answer. "What next?" they will ask, and Derek Bok will emerge next year from his corner, doff his hat, and rather apologetically admit "me." He has no choice. He's Derek Bok, The Answer...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: ...It's Derek Bok, The Answer | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

...long last someone has exposed the evil myth surrounding motorcycles. It is unfortunate in our society that people who rebel against conformity (in this case automobiles) must be looked down upon as degenerates. Mr. Hughes has accurately expressed the feelings of 3,000,000 people. To you, sir, I doff my helmet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 1, 1971 | 3/1/1971 | See Source »

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