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...aficionado collapses in a dead faint...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hysterical `Pericles' Not for Purists | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps we can help silence the laughter and instead hear the tears of sorrow transform into sighs of relief for the families of the murdered. And perhaps, in the background, we may hear the first faint footsteps on the long path to redemption, and recognize the travelers to be ourselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why We Need a War Crimes Ambassador | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...attacked during a Congress session for calling him "Mr. Gandhi" instead of "Mahatma," and booed off the stage by Gandhi's supporters. Later, his withdrawal, under pressure from Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, of a last-ditch offer to Jinnah of the prime ministership itself, ended the last faint chance of avoiding partition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mohandas Gandhi | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

Everyone knows that late 20th century America, where no-parent households, Marilyn Manson and the National Rifle Association all converge, is not for the faint of heart. But how did it become a place where kids gun down other kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toward The Root Of The Evil | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...result? Based on the five parts available for viewing, this mini-series is anything but a vanity project. Rather, it is a diligent, well-crafted work that never spins out of control despite its grandiose conception. And yet, as anyone with an ear for faint praise can tell by now, it is pretty dull. That may seem hard to believe, given the subject matter--space exploration!--but watching From the Earth to the Moon induces a state of cognitive dissonance. The acting is first-rate; the details look right; still, the overall effect is boredom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: We Do Not Have Lift-Off | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

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