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Behind this book stand three centuries of the libertine memoir, including Casanova's Journal and the ribald passages of Boswell's. It's harder to play the lewd rascal these days without looking silly, what with 12-year-olds adding spaghetti straps to their back-to-school wardrobe, but Newton does it amusingly. As he capers from Singapore to Melbourne to London, we get glimpses of Anita, who couldn't have sex until handkerchiefs were hung over the saints' pictures in her bedroom, and Josette, who left lipstick smears across his white linen shorts. "Josette was unwilling to terminate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Gave Us Dirty Swank | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...abuse, according to the Pasco County sheriff's office. It was perfectly legal under Florida law, which--like most other state codes--doesn't prohibit anyone of any age from being naked at home, in locker rooms, at nudist resorts or in any other areas where nudity is expected. Lewd behavior is outlawed in public and private, say Florida legal experts, but not mere nudity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nude Family Values | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

...weeks passed, he grew accustomed to the clown’s gruff demeanor, his balloons and his lewd jokes...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook and Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Controversial Clown Gave Laughter, Life to Square | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...even if she did make the lewd gesture, Tufts’ Alumni Association is still not off the hook for withdrawing the award. Its rather difficult to take seriously the claim of the Alumni Association that they were unaware of Monnin’s history of transgressive and brash methods of making her voice heard given the prominence of that history. Three years ago, Monnin was involved in the controversial student takeover of a University building; “I don’t try to hide my actions,” she told the Tufts Daily when asked about...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Impolite Leadership | 4/1/2003 | See Source »

...Crimson Staff is entirely correct when it says that etiquette is not leadership. But it is ludicrously off-base in suggesting that not making a lewd gesture at a public event is “one of the finest points of social politesse.” Demonstrating a lack of common decency is not the same as carrying out valuable social protest. Publicly showing opposition to George H.W. Bush is understandable, and maybe even laudable. But making lewd gestures at him is not courageous—it is infantile. If Elizabeth Monnin cannot understand this, she should be receiving...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Impolite Leadership | 4/1/2003 | See Source »

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