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Word: mannings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...really surprised. It's too bad, he's a good man to work for," Patricia A. Logan, an Eliot House worker, said yesterday...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: 230 Winthrop Residents Sign Petition Against Dining Hall Manager Transfer | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

William A. Bossert, master of Lowell House, said, "The young man appeared to be under the influence of drugs...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Men Drive Volkswagen Into Lowell Courtyard; University Police Subdue and Arrest One Man | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Estrada's attempts to update the political and sexual innuendos to the world of Harvard 1979 reek of hackneyed stereotype and cheap shots; while a few of the lines succeed (Man deprived of sex: "Do you know what four years can do to a person? Another man deprived of sex: "Yes, I was a Harvard man, too."), they more often fall flat (Kinesias...Senator Edward Kinesias!). Dionysus delivers many of these awkward lines, which are difficult to digest, but not nearly so difficult as the leering way that he recounts the tale of his "love" for Aryadne. Dionysus's role...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...Pinocles (Alan Ruof) and Mastocles (Ray Bertolino), put some expression into their voices, but their parades around the stage seem foolish. Smith, as Kinesias, brings energy to his role, but too often he delivers his lines in singsong yells rather than with the distress of a man in dire need of sexual gratification...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...Duke of Deception. Memories of My Father. By Geoffrey Wolff. (Random House, $12.95): His Pa is no Father Christmas. Wolff's father, Duke, is a con artist, a chronic debtor, a wanderer with illusions of grandeur, and an irresponsible parent to boot. A man only a son could love. Wolff's compassion is inspiring, though you may find his object of affection is less than deserving...

Author: By Compiled BY Sue faludi, | Title: Season's Readings | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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