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...college escort service that ensures students' late night safety has received more calls than usual since the alleged rape, said Eliza Kent, president of the college Feminist Alliance. The Feminist Alliance has held a silent vigil in which students walked around campus carrying candles, she said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Williams Rape Victim Won't Aid Police | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...Only Eliza Gleason and Laurence Bouvard as Ken's sister and niece seem to realize that their jobs as actors don't end after their lines are said. Both create characters of some dimension, and Bouvard is especially good as a precious 13-year old whose dream of becoming a famous artist will never come true. Neither, though, can save a Fifth of July that's about as desirable as a fifth of castor...

Author: By Steve Lichtman, | Title: Dog Day Afternoon | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

LANGUAGE AS A sign of class--a la George Bernard Shaw's Eliza Doolittle--is contrary to American traditions. Colonial Americans, notes historian Daniel Boorstin, prided themselves on the almost universal use of proper grammar. There were no discernible differences in patois between rich and poor. Unlike their British cousins who developed the language, Americans did not have to look to the upper crust for guidance on the proper use of the King's English. We have traditionally had to look no farther than our neighbors. Now, if we ask to see our neighbor, his son might reply...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: Dollars and Sense | 10/28/1986 | See Source »

...Captain Gillian Caldwell and Eliza Schwarz each scored a try--with Schwarz's coming with less than ten minutes remaining to tie the score--as the Black and White improved to 4-1-1 on the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/18/1986 | See Source »

Next came Penn: which Radcliffe beat, 13-4. The Quakers were tough, but were unable to overcome the offense supplied by Gradolph, Flewelling, and Eliza Schwarz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rad. Rugby Falters | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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