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Since Beat first stepped onto a striptease stage to perform a comedy routine in 1972, he has projected this almost split personality. He has been both the archetypal Japanese macho man?the rebel, the outlaw, the yakuza?while also playing the subversive clown prince version of all those cherished tough guys. Those phoned-in TV appearances are just the flip side of the stylized cinematic tough guy. Beat plays off the public's awareness of who he is. That farcical gangster on the set of low-budget TV shows is all the more lovable because he's the deadly gangster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beat Goes On | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

Each class here at Harvard has a grading system. Most will have midterms and finals. Larger lecture classes may also evaluate section participation, problem sets or papers. Students enrolled in seminars will complete research papers and those taking science classes will perform lab work. In a few rare cases, some students (the truly unfortunate) will have to make oral presentations. The conventional view, shared among course instructors, is that such systems will ultimately yield a single grade that reflects a student's performance...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: What's in a Grade? | 2/8/2001 | See Source »

...Rosenthal said that whoever dispenses RU-486 needs to be able to follow the patient through three visits and should be the one to perform the surgical abortion if it becomes necessary...

Author: By Heather B. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS Approves Abortion Pill | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

...vote by putting the WWF wrestler the Rock onstage at its 2000 convention. And after selling more than 11 million copies of The Marshall Mathers LP, rapper Eminem not only garnered a best-album Grammy nomination for his tales of homophobia and misogynist violence, but he may even perform at the Feb. 21 awards show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rude Boys | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...does not currently perform surgical abortions on-site. Instead, students are referred to local clinics, and the procedure is partially subsidized through the Student Health Services...

Author: By Heather B. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Approves RU-486 as UHS Evaluation Persists | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

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