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...script, by New York playwrights and musicians, is not brilliant, but more than entertaining. Lyrics such as "Together we're better than so-so/Each of us is a virtuoso" will not likely be mistaken for Cole Porter. But the writing is slick and witty enough to slide even the silliest rhyme right past us. The music plays lightly with American music genres--pop, honky-tonk, blues--but stays mostly within the Broadway tradition. It's not memorable, but it is tuneful...

Author: By Elijah T. Siegler, | Title: Ex Show Safe but Satisfying | 11/2/1990 | See Source »

...Real World go strolling through the Yard, wondering in awe of the brilliant students they see sitting on the steps of Widener (students who are probably blowing off work and bagging classes), they must be perplexed by the unfamiliar vocabulary they over-hear. The tourists are probably under the mistaken impression that our diction is just too sophisticated for them to understand--that it has something to do with Kant, Nietzsche or Wittgenstein...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Deconstructing Harvard-Speak | 10/27/1990 | See Source »

...soon found out I was quite mistaken," he admits now. But Hornstein's new-found cynicism has not dissuaded him from working to change the council...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Heading the Council: Complement or Conflict? | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard field hockey team has not been mistaken for a fearsome scoring machine. At least not as of late...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Once Again, Stickwomen Fail to Get on the Board | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Perhaps minority organizations are the most convenient targets at which to level criticism. If there is any guilt for self-interested complacency to be found, it should be found among all students. The Crimson's singling out of minority groups for blame is simply unnecessary and mistaken. David Shim '91 and Joshua Li '92 Co-presidents, Asian American Association Mecca Nelson '92 President, Black Student Association Tere Riera-Carrion '92 President, La O Erich Fox Tree '91 President, Native Americans at Harvard-Radcliffe The Steering Committee of Raza

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legacy Admissions Are Not Just a Minority Issue | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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