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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Loeb Ex production downplays some Brechtian flavor. An example is the way the players place more emphasis on dialogue between each other and less on their narrations and asides to the audience. These little connections with the crowd reveal the players are basically human beings that are acting rather than characters being played by human beings. All of this may be a welcome relief since some of his android and too-close-to-the-audience characters can often be irritating. Nevertheless, the story line in the Ex production still delves into the same dark proletarian themes that are depressing...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: A Precious Commodity | 7/30/1985 | See Source »

...Krashnik," says the narrator of The Image. "People peered into keyholes and listened behind doors." Thus when the marriage between a village beauty and a bright yeshiva boy remains stubbornly unconsummated, the odd reason why cannot long escape becoming common knowledge. As before, Singer's tales of rural life reveal the complexities of so-called simple folk. In A Nest Egg for Paradise, a prosperous and pious Jew named Mendel falls victim, once, to the seductive appeals of his sister-in-law. He tries to hide his shame and suffering from the neighbors, but he brings his anguish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales Credible and Inevitable the Image and Other Stories | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

Dean of the Faculty for Facilities R. Thomas Quinn would not reveal the contractor's latest bid but he said it was close to what Harvard was looking...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Renovations of Quad To Begin on Monday | 7/12/1985 | See Source »

...skull holds clues. Photosuperimposition, in which video cameras are used to merge an image of the skull with a photograph of the suspected dead person's face, can often reveal a matching structure. The face can be reconstructed on the skull with some degree of accuracy by applying layers of clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searches Reading the Bones | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

...most of the time the record companies give them what they want: Bach Brandenburgs without end, Beethoven symphonies without number. Occasionally, however, a darker side surfaces, and . something different is unearthed: arcana by a famous composer, perhaps, or a new piece by a living artist that seeks to reveal the skull beneath the skin. A trio of recent releases for the adventurous shows the eerie attractions of mood music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tunes From the Darker Side | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

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