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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...director had tried to make up for the deficiency with a series of 'cutisms' in several numbers, which worked more or less successfully: an enormous letter, for example, out of which popped singers and dancers. Yet as each device in this series of specials progressed, rather than covering any deficiency, it made one even more painfully aware of the repetitious nature of the show, its lack of directionality. Significantly, the largest hand of applause was for a blues number sung without frills in the second act, and yet the biggest laugh was reserved for when another special effect lowered from...

Author: By Simon Goldhill, | Title: An Instructive Evening Of Harvard Theater | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

...they all sang superbly) that held the audience's attention completely--and having got that attention, proceeded to milk it with considerable charm--none more so than Maggie-Meg, of course. By this energy and charisma, they helped us pass by the rehashed Coca-Cola advertisement music, a fair number of trite lyrics and a structure which threatened to be as repetitious as Ellington. Part of this danger was averted by the element of directionality introduced--first, there was a temporal narrative: the growing up from adolescence of five girls. Although adolescent literature is usually of interest only to adolescents...

Author: By Simon Goldhill, | Title: An Instructive Evening Of Harvard Theater | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

...number of group independent work courses, including Kirkland House's seminar on the multiflex offense given by varsity quaterback Larry Brown, has increased from 3 to 23 per cent of total independent work petitions over the last two years, according to a report prepared by Dean...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: CUE Debates Foreign Study Propositions | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

...conference, to the point that the $200 Assembly grant which the article refers to was completely ignored in the story that covered the meeting at which it was given. Second, in a relative sense, the conference represented (unfortunately) a highwater mark of participation among student-issue oriented groups; the number of students who were involved at Harvard is about equivalent to the average assembly attendance last semester and far outnumbers participation in the more visible CDU. In all, we feel that a more constructive statement on the conference itself--with all of its difficulties--is that it is remarkable that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More on Philly | 3/22/1979 | See Source »

Richmond, though she did not lose a match this fall, may facecompetition for the number one spot from sophomore Martha Roberts, who led the Crimson last year. At number three, sophomore Meg Meyer returns; and freshman Abby Meiselman, last year's number seven junior in Florida, probably will play in the fourth position. Felske has a wide variety of options to fill the last singles space and the doubles slots. Junior captain Katie Ditzler, freshman Kristen Mertz, sophomore Leslie Miller, senior Sally Roberts and sophomore Libby Pierpont all are in the running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Go South to Prepare For '79 'Life in the Fast Lane' | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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