Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...subject of humor, the Cape Town caperers should not despair over the delay in the reply to their letter. It is a sad fact that attempts at humor are sometimes taken seriously, and President Bok may have been confused by the deadpan style of the "Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni for Divestiture" letter, and put off by the list of 300 plus signatures, a realistic but tedious touch. The Committee wishes the antiracist lambasters well in their drive to relax mammoth tensions with some satire, but we would appreciate a little consideration. Glenn McDonald '89 Henry Riggs...
...wrote "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" and the Tony award-winning script for the play "Nine" will talk to budding dramatists tonight at the Agassiz Theater...
...sad attitude, a numbing, that Harvard administrators have probably hoped for. And divestiture activists must do something to engage students in a new special way and avoid falling into McDonald--Riggsism...
...from boxing because of its brutality and racketeering, he manfully assumes his share of responsibility: "My public persona helped revitalize boxing's once flagging popularity." After leaving the confessional, Cosell offers a scrapbook of his favorable reviews in newspapers and magazines to counter the "literary pogrom against me." The sad fact is that this wheedling self-inflation is unnecessary. Cosell was a tough-minded and honest salesman who could persuade sports fans to buy just about anything. As his book proves, he just stayed too long in the toy department...
...actual" characters. In the most implausible sequence, an American actress offers herself as the prize to the "winner" of the debate between the novelist and the journalist. Even after this conscious retreat from political complexity, Map remains lively and provocative. Yet it leaves a viewer with the sad sense that its author shrank from the dangers of attempting a genuinely great play...