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...respectful enough of alternative viewpoints. After rereading the article several times with the criticisms and letters to the editors in mind, I definitely see a distinct pro-McDonald's stance in the article. The authors are clearly sympathetic toward the students who crave McNuggets and they portray the Harvard Square Defense Fund as an obstacle to that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Did Crimson Go McCrazy? | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

...Mariah's (there's no way we're calling her "Carey") new album Butterfly alights on record stores everywhere this week. As usual, Butterfly has its share of both jazzy scores and snoozy bores, but the overwhelming effect of the album is to portray an artist and a woman who has no idea where she stands or who she is: musically, personally, you name it. Mariah, don't you want to be somebody? You've tried on so many different hats...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIGHTER THAN AIR | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

Many very modern students have positive religious views which embrace both modesty and deep respect for one's colleagues. To portray these students as judging, or having contempt for their "modern" classmates is an error. Zachary L. Shrier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Five Not Guilty of Judging Peers; Following Their Beliefs | 9/17/1997 | See Source »

...hard to tell, though, how the scene will really come off, since today Casella is working without the puppet he uses to portray Timon: days and nights of (literally) being attached to it have hurt his back. Taymor isn't the kind of director merely to sew up an actor in an animal costume. In the show, Casella stands behind the 5-ft.-tall Timon model, which he manipulates with rods and wires. Others in the cast wear elaborate headpieces representing the animals they are portraying. Indeed, Taymor's entire production is highly stylized and impressionistic. A rushing waterfall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: THE LION KING A DIFFERENT BREED OF CATS | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

...clearly out of his depth. Traylor signed Jones to a since-terminated contract giving him one-third of any money she might make through radio, movie or TV contracts. That has been one-third of nothing, but the move made it easy for the White House to portray Jones and her lawyer as moneygrubbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE START OF THE DEAL | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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