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...flushed with the rage of helplessness, or some crazed hope of last-minute deliverance, or the hallucinatory peace of the imminence of death. At the back of the room, in a space clear of prisoners. I see a barrel of water, and alongside it a pail, brush and rag...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: The Long Road | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...Herald has become one of the nation's easiest newspapers to rag on. A year ago, it switched to tabloid format, and it has now resolutely plunked down all its chips on violent crimes and eye-catching scandal. Today, Boston residents who want their news served up with an eye to long-term significance, not short-term sensation, know they are down to one choice And for them, the morning newsstand routine of reaching for the Globe now also includes time out to cluck at the Herald...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Don't Knock The Rag | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

Eliot had his own jazzy barroom tempos. All is not gloom in The Waste Land, where the line "O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag" occurs. As the droll parade of people-cats pads by in Cats, it forms an anthropomorphical rag. Terrence V. Mann makes Rum Turn Tugger a prototype for an arrogant rock star. As Skimbleshanks, Reed Jones is endearingly batty about trains. An impromptu choo-choo is assembled on the spot out of large wheels, a lampshade and a teapot, which delights him and the audience equally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: O That Anthropomorphical Rag | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

...last resort, after all other University rooms are booked. This fall, inordinate numbers of students have classes there: portions of the building were subdivided and refurbished to ease the classroom shortage that renovations in Sever Hall brought on. The classes relocated, though, are still the usual Vanserg rag-bag of offerings from all corners of the Faculty...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Harvard's Craziest Building | 10/14/1982 | See Source »

...president is at once most likely to rely on and relax with. The two men work down the hall from each other on the first floor of Mass Hall, and Steiner has constant access to the president. He is also the unofficial captain of Bok's Jocks, a rag-tag team of Mass Hall softballers...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: The Veepstakes | 10/12/1982 | See Source »

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