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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although this tiresome monologue isn't much of a play, Philip Baker Hall does his best with the material and puts in a good performance as Nixon. With his deep, grumbly voice, he sounds like Nixon; with his long, flabby nose, brushed-back strands of greasy hair, baggy eyes and big ears, he looks like Nixon. Despite a tendency to slur his words, Hall delivers his lines as if he is truly absorbed by his train of thought, as if he has convinced himself that what he is saying is actually the truth. Unaware of his character's absurdity, Hall...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: Lacking Any Honor | 2/14/1984 | See Source »

Influenza, as opposed to the more common flu is marked by chills, high fever, muscle aching, headache and a cough, Postel said, adding, "the flu is more like a cold--a sore throat and stuffy nose...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Harvard Flu May Be Linked To State Influenza Outbreak | 2/11/1984 | See Source »

...There is nothing inappropriate, for example, about an aspiring artist like Dreyfuss having a Piet Mondrian painting adorning his wall. It is corny and implausible, however, for him to name his dog Balzac and give a Jersey Kosinski novel to a child who whines and calls his mother "monkey nose...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: Man Meets Woman | 2/7/1984 | See Source »

...semester saw a lot of real hard work," says one council member. "We're doing some pretty nose-to-the-grindstone type stuff...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Doing Unto Others | 1/27/1984 | See Source »

...music of then choice and killed the Grateful Dead. Epps ruled that the Harvard Band's use of Shakespeare was "vulgar" and ordered them to march to the beat of his drum. Freedom of religion will also be done away with in 1984 as the administration thumbs its nose at Jewish students who petitioned to reschedule Commencement so it wouldn't conflict with a Jewish holiday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Brother | 1/25/1984 | See Source »

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