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The fault is not all Harlan's though. The production is crippled from the beginning by a meandering, esoteric, overlong script. And Cabranes-Grant's direction--what little is apparent in the performance--doesn't make Creditors more interesting or understandable. As the play winds on, it becomes harder and...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying Dues To See a Good Play | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

This increasingly esoteric vocabulary contributes to popular anti-scientific sentiment, whether on Mass. Ave. or on Capitol Hill. While non-scientists may be willing to support federal cancer research grants, they are unlikely to want $3 billion of taxpayer funds to go toward the often controversial Human Genome Project if...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grappling With Inaccessibility | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

Like the enigmatic emblem that serves as its title, the album, which its creator describes as "rock soap opera," flirts with esoteric meanings as it chronicles the love affair between a pop superstar named Prince and the princess of a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Still struggling to reconcile his animal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rap, Crackle And Pop | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

The Sontag of the 60's was an observer and analyst of the avant-garde, a cultural critic that showed us ourselves. She always learned toward the esoteric. Who would have guessed a generation of trendy academics would make the formerly well-known story of Sir William Hamilton obscure?

Author: By J. ELIOT Morgan, | Title: Sontag Finds New Style for '90s | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

This lack of a firmly established insider's jargon makes the sport surprisingly accessible to newcomers. There is no esoteric nomenclature to be committed to memory before truly understanding rollerblading. Anyone can talk about it.

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLADES, SWEAT AND TEARS | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

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