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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...laughs in our faces. We are mortified. We tell him that I am writing an article about it, but he doesn't seem to believe us or even care. After more laughter at our expense, he finally directs...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo and Pamela S. Wasserstein, S | Title: Who's on First? Friday Night in Boston's Sketchiest | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...laughs in our faces. We are mortified. We tell him that I am writing an article about it, but he doesn't seem to believe us or even care. After more laughter at our expense, he finally directs...

Author: By Pamela S. Wasserstein, | Title: WHO'S ON | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...were mature, I would have disregarded this disruption of Book Eight of Plato's Republic like everyone else in the class. But I'm not, so I giggled at the funny noise. My outburst was audible for just a second because I clenched my body to hold in the laughter. I shook violently as I attempted to hide behind my smirk, but I wasn't fooling anybody. The two upperclassmen sandwiching me on either side shifted their eyes to watch me convulse a foot away from the professor and then shook their heads in disapproving pity...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: always the baby | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...were mature, I would have disregarded this disruption of Book Eight of Plato's Republic like everyone else in the class. But I'm not, so I giggled at the funny noise. My outburst was audible for just a second because I clenched my body to hold in the laughter. I shook violently as I attempted to hide behind my smirk, but I wasn't fooling anybody. The two upperclassmen sandwiching me on either side shifted their eyes to watch me convulse a foot away from the professor and then shook their heads in disapproving pity...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: Endpaper: Always the Baby | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...Caribbean rhythm before striking a series of poses reminiscent of Indian dance. In a particularly striking moment, a dancer waltzes with her back to the audience while five men line up behind her partner and mimic his movements. Six pairs of arms and legs moving in different directions provoked laughter from the audience...

Author: By Anne E. Wyman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yo-Yo Ma Puts on Tights; Mark Morris Choreographs | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

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