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However, it is not the plot that one would expect to drive this performance. Any suspense about the internal play's success is muted by the performance's very existence. Once the premise is established—here are four friends sitting on four chairs in a New York City...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "[title of show]" Goes Meta, To Mediocre Results | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

We believe that the intent of the First Amendment is to protect everyday citizens, not corporations or unions. While free speech is integral to our democracy, this decision permits corporations and unions to use the media as a battleground for their own interests. “May the best man...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bring Back Teddy Roosevelt | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

In the context of the historic lightheartedness of the Golden Globes, which had its original journalist-presenter format hijacked in 1958 when the whiskey-toting Rat Pack rushed the stage and took over the show, the break in levity this year came as something as a surprise. Political statements are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Makes a Pitch for Haiti at Globes | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

“The uncertainty that reigns in San José is perhaps similar to tranquility, but it is not the same; people go home early… then doors close and San José agonizes in the heat.” Muted violence is doubly frightening; harder to confront...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Violence Penetrates Society, the Psyche in ‘Armies’ | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

Predictably, when Kilpatrick arrived for his first restitution hearing last month, it was a circus. He posed briefly for the spectators and gaggle of television cameras that were assembled in the courtroom. He was noticeably muted, wearing a gray coat, black pants and no earrings. Over nearly three hours, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick's (Money) Troubles Continue | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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