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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...system is meant to reduce the fraud associated with manually produced identification cards and thereby maintain the integrity of Costa Rica's elections...

Author: By Jason C. Tsomides, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Affiliate Revamps Election System | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...spared the worst of genocide. Mussolini's Fascist government only belatedly and halfheartedly embraced the nightmare racial theories of its German ally. Not until after the Italians made a separate peace, late in the war, and the Germans occupied much of their country did deportations begin in earnest. This meant that many Italian Jews stayed only a relatively short time in the camps, which enhanced their chances of survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fascist Fable | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...contribution to the band (besides being the best bass player in the world) is his interplay with band and audience members alike. As he stood out on the thrust of the stage and talked through his instrument in a million ways, it became obvious exactly what the word 'virtuoso' meant. Some have termed Victor's playing "musical masturbation"--whatever it is, it feels good...

Author: By Emma R. Heeschen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's Fleck-er-iffic! | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...theatrical climate where fresh ideas are seared by the tongues of bitter critics and innovative productions parched by financial drought, college theatre is a small oasis of low stakes and adequate resources. Sprung from this land, Dan Sussner '99's Richard III is college theater as it was meant to be: ambitious, edgy and most importantly, experimental. Realizing his freedom from the constraints of profit and acclaim, Sussner seizes the rare opportunity to give free reign to his ideas. Though the resulting product is rough and at times obtuse, it has a degree of innovation one hopes to see more...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE MADNESS OF RICHARD III | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...rounded up and sent to concentration camps set up in the city, similar to the way the Japanese were treated in World War II. Relations flare up between our trio of characters, who are all trying to resolve the crisis through their own means. The film is meant to make us question how we would react if, or even when, this situation arises and does so with moderate success...

Author: By Keith D. Desrochers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Under The Siege | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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