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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Finally there is the not at all negligible matter of how the music sounds. A common, philistine criticism of avant-garde art used to be that small children banging on pots and pans or flinging paint at a canvas could have produced exactly the same effect. In Cage's case, at least, this is very probably true (and he probably would have delighted in it). A concert of Cage's noises is, by and large, as much of a room emptier as it was when the work was new; Cage may be the first important artist whose work one wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounds of Silence | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard police department, officers say, is racked by internal dissension, hampered by mismanagement and an absence of leadership and dispirited over a lack of recognition. Its acting leader is dogged by charges of corruption. Paint is literally peeling off the walls, and the locker room showers, like many things at the 29 Garden St. headquarters, are in a state of disrepair...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: What's Going on at 29G? | 10/29/1993 | See Source »

...come in and make sure there are no cigarettes, cigars or pipes on your premises?' " Counters ASH's Banzhaf: "Nobody is telling parents they can't smoke. We're simply saying they can't smoke around their children. This is no different from protecting children from lead-based paint or other risks in the home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Smoke-Free Home | 10/25/1993 | See Source »

...adisappointment. Don't get me wrong; crew is agrueling sport peopled with some of thebest-conditioned athletes on the globe. Butthere's a reason why Nike doesn't plaster Americawith ads saying, "Just Crew It," and it hassomething to do with the fact that viewing aregatta is like watching paint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Better Dead than Head | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...thing we encountered was a tasty little store called "Sweet and Nasty" on Mass. Ave. between Newbury St. and Common wealth Ave. It featured all sorts of gadgets and toys for the perverted-at-heart. These included everything from the usual glow-in-the-dark condoms and chocolate body paint, to a life-sized doll named John, sporting a battery-operated, vibrating member...

Author: By Ariela Migdall, | Title: Holy Cannoli! Ricotta bliss, via MBTA | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

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