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...same breath. But between those brightly colored posters ("Come on now, don't be silly, put a condom on your willy") emblazoned across kiosks and in stairwells and the computerized dating service brought to us by the Undergraduate Council and the Harvard Computer Society, our campus seems rife with overt sexuality--and rearing to go for Valentine's Day. For a college not known for its throbbing sex life, Harvard appears to be doing all right...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Sexuality Denuded | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

...denied the preference for Coca-Cola was an overt political decision; but rather, a matter of service and taste...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Pepsi Completes Burma Pullout | 1/29/1997 | See Source »

With Hobey Baker candidates Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin and Tim Thomas in your lineup, as well as established national recognition, an overt confidence definitely develops. But then it becomes even more that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Attitude | 1/6/1997 | See Source »

...haunting orchestral score, composed by Andrew Hopson, was also been added to the production, and effectively complemented the action. The set, featuring a background of metal scaffolds, similarly emphasized the bleak moral and political situation of the play. In this production's most overt addition to the text, a series of disturbing images, both modern and ancient, were projected across the stage, to demonstrate that societal ills are certainly not restricted to Corionlanus' time. This attempt to broaden the context of the play seemed too labored and obvious, and was less effective than the more subtle innovations...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: A Risky 'Coriolanus' Pays Off | 10/31/1996 | See Source »

...current Broadway production of the King and I, the King of Siam, once played with electric virility by Yul Brynner, comes off as curiously sexless. Overt animal masculinity seems to have been suppressed, perhaps as being retrograde, or even offensive to the spirit of the age. That musky beast belongs offstage, or in the Museum of Natural History...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CHEATIN' SIDE OF TOWN | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

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