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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...school. The "players," a group of kids whose dress and language evoke a sort of archetypal, semi-mythical 1980s Experience, are unwillingly pressed into service as actors by a terrifying bag lady (Gower, the play's narrator, here played with an alarming intensity by Jessamyn Conrad '00). Since they retain their eighth-grade personalities, the romancing and sexual innuendo of the first half of the play is spiced up with impromptu fist fights, Fritos breaks and such literary and urbane interpolations as "Oh, shit," "Get him, dude!" and "You the man"--a brand of humor whose effectiveness, unfortunately, cannot...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hysterical `Pericles' Not for Purists | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

According to Marius, the Boylston Contest hasseen a decline in the number of participants overthe years, although current competitors retain thehigh level of skill...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Juniors Capture Boylston Prizes | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...report also discussed the impact that insufficient funding could have on the University's ability to retain its competitive edge...

Author: By Laura E. Rosenbaum and Laura L. Tarter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Grad. Student Financial Aid Will BE Changed, Increased | 4/15/1998 | See Source »

...redesigned road would retain only 52 percent of the medians, according to the Cambridge Department of Public Works, but would add at least nine additional crosswalks to the area, notorious for jay walking...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Residents Concerned About Mass. Ave. Redesign | 4/15/1998 | See Source »

...Because of the concentration of research scientists who are present here in the greater Boston area and in Cambridge, it has proven to be the case that it is easier to recruit outstanding people here and to retain them," he says...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Biotech Thrives in Cambridge | 4/14/1998 | See Source »

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