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...Lysistrata, by far the most challenging role in the play. Carter convinces the audience that her character has deeper motives than lust. She displays a commanding presence, especially when leading the women in an oath of chastity; "I will withhold all rights of access or entrance..." Occasionally, though, the glitz and energy of the production over-shadow her character. Playing the straight woman among vivid caricatures and dancers is a daunting task...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: No Sex Please, We're Athenian | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...Kerrey speak," says Anne Q. Eakin '95. "He's got the perfect formula for a Democratic nominee because he's a war veteran. The person who introduced him says he'd bring back Camelot. He's got the glitz that the Democrats need...

Author: By Sara A. Bibel and Natasha H. Leland, S | Title: With One Year to Go, Campaign Efforts Grow But Undergraduates Are Still Largely Apathetic | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

There is a touch of irony to those high-minded efforts. Would they be quite so necessary, some folks wonder, if the glamorous set had simply stayed away in the first place? As one sign of the permanent change that glitz has wrought, a line of 250 people recently snaked down the block leading to the local Moose lodge in the ranching town of Livingston, about 80 miles north of Yellowstone. Farmers, local ranchers and teenagers were answering a casting call for parts in a movie about fly-fishing, soon to be shot by Robert Redford. The film is sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cattlemen Vs. Granola Bars | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

Independent councillor William H. Walsh agreed that the CCA's two-year record will be the issue, but called those years "a lot of glitz and no substance." The Independents are neighbourhoodbased candidates who favor development and draw support from longtime Cambridge residents...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Bumper Stickers Mean City Elections Are Here | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Independent councillor William H. Walsh agreed that the CCA's two-year record will be the issue, but called those years "a lot of glitz and no substance." The Independents are neighbourhood-based candidates who favor development and draw support from longtime Cambridge residents...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Bumper Stickers Mean City Elections Are Here | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

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