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When the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya published a letter six weeks ago defending Stalin's rule and suggesting that glasnost was leading to "ideological mishmash," suspicion immediately fell on Ligachev as the instigator, if not the author. (The letter was ostensibly written by a Leningrad chemistry teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Clash of the Comrades | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...impress its viewers with its audacity, wit, and eroticism. Suzanne Osten may have had it in mind to emulate the metaphysical musings of such directors as Carlos Suara, who directed the innovative Carmen, but she has completely missed her mark. Her film turns out to be a dull mishmash of tasteless scenes and plodding plot...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Sweden's Bloodless Brothers | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

Except for burlesque and Shakespearean soliloquies, the Boston-based Beau Jesters do it all: They do a parody of ritualized nonsense, what they term "A.R.T.-style," as well as the Flintstones theme song in barbershop quartet style. And from this mishmash, they create a surprisingly smooth and cleverly choreographed show...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: The 'Moving Theatre' of Beau Jest | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

After dumping my Adidas on one of the many shelves, I hopped through the icy foyer into the warm, incensed air of the Krishna center. I was late, and an enthusiastic vocal mishmash of "Hare Hare'' was already pouring from the ceremony room. Parquet floors and velvet-tinsel wallpaper surrounded a gleaming swirl of wooden staircases and crystal chandeliers --it seemed more like a British bed'n'breakfast than an eastern temple, and my brain-washing scenario faded in the face of architectural banality...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...bright idea: ask a bunch of Harvard faculty members what books influenced their thinking and publish the results. Not much work is involved: pass around a few questionnaires; and then call a publisher eager to publish a book plugging other books. The result is this book, a rambling, pretentious mishmash of egoism and insight that is, ultimately, hard to hate...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: An Insubstantial Book | 9/25/1986 | See Source »

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