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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more dynamic and appealing are Judi Mavon as Rosa Bud and Adam Feldman as John Jasper. Mavon has transformed Rosa Bud from a rather dumb ingenue part as the object of everyone's affections and turned her into an animated, intelligent woman. Mavon is so consistently funny and engaging that her occasional missed high note (her singing is otherwise quite good) is more than forgivable. By the beginning of the second act she has established her character so well that her line to Jasper, "you are a bad bad bad man," actually seems plausible...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Drood's Murder Captivates | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...year by a computer maker to put together more PCs for export to Mexico have no idea that might happen. Then too, there is a vague feeling that the U.S. has often let itself be played for a sucker in trade deals. Perot has harped on that, charging that "dumb" negotiations in the 1980s cost millions of U.S. jobs. The Administration did not help itself by choosing initially to fight on narrow economic grounds (read: jobs) rather than invoke the foreign-policy considerations that actually are more important. It also has been somewhat hampered in making what could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Just That Close | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Smart Kids, Dumb Schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 31-November 6 | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...Dumb things just came up way too often," Gabay says. "And no one really cared...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: GABAY STEPS OUT OF BEYS' SHADOW | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...Stupid. They're Stupid People at Harvard (SPAH), the group of first-years who organized at the beginning of the year. Granted, we've all felt a little bit dumb at some point during our academic careers. But a whole group of people willing to admit dumbness? Are they somehow stupider than we are? How about now, November--no doubt they've been bombarded by horrendous problem sets and expos drafts. How's their self-esteem doing now? We were curious...

Author: By Elisabeth A. Mayer, | Title: Still Stupid? Stupid People | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

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