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...periods of applause that should have been left in the editing room). Some fans have more exotic tastes, though, than can be satisfied at the local overcharging music retailer. I am one such fan. Yet it is not indy rock, turn-of-the-century ragtime or even scarily popular polka that I crave—it’s musical theater...

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everybody's Got the Right | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...black belt gets a thumbs up. Apparently, she’s doing a much better job at pairing the two most basic colors on earth than the woman wearing a tutu looking, 80’s-esque ball gown with crazy zigzag patterns or the woman caught wearing (gasp!) polka dots...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dos and Don'ts | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...morning, are set on a collision course, but one that ultimately leads to understanding. For B?ll, the scientific triumph of his career has become a paralyzing albatross, quietly hounding his conscience. "Dreams," B?ll concedes, "sometimes become nightmares." The book's pages, too, are haunted with visions of the devastation: "polka dots and stripes, the clothing patterns that the blast imprinted on the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fallout of War | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

Feinberg, in a black-and-white polka-dot tie, speaks in short, punchy sentences and a loud voice. He has already given the speech 32 times up and down the East Coast. The main thrust: The government, for the first time ever, has agreed to write large checks to victims' families without any litigation. The checks will arrive within four months after a claim is filed--no legal fees, no agonizing 10-year lawsuit. But every award will be based on a cold calculus, much the way courts handle wrongful-death claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is A Life Worth? | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Feinberg, in a black-and-white polka-dot tie, speaks in short, punchy sentences and a loud voice. He has already given the speech 32 times up and down the East Coast. The main thrust: The government, for the first time ever, has agreed to write large checks to victims' families without any litigation. The checks will arrive within four months after a claim is filed--no legal fees, no agonizing 10-year lawsuit. But every award will be based on a cold calculus, much the way courts handle wrongful-death claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WTC Victims: What's A Life Worth? | 2/6/2002 | See Source »

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