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...then they start taking over other people's parades. Like the Jewish Butcher Parade--they'll just jump right in." Jokes about Irish, blacks and Hispanics flow without the slightest of inhibitions. But then, he'll stop every so often to let us know that "Racists are the scum of the earth" and that making fun of others is morally wrong. But why even bother? Instead of finding the truth at the heart of an issue and presenting it in a way that inspires laughter (and possibly understanding), he occasionally gets stuck trying to be defensive. Whenever he tries...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chutzpah, the Musical: Jackie Mason Yuks Up 'Much Ado About Everything' | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...Callbacks are kicking off their concert season with "Temptation," and audial titillation is the name of the game. Protecting Harvard from the scum of the tone-deaf, these Men and Women in Black (MWIB) make a cappella look goooood. 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre, $6 students, $8 general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Keeping low, I scuttle to another barricade. Bullets riddle the air. I make it! I spot movement behind a hole in the barricade ahead of me. Swiftly, surely, I take aim and blast the enemy with bullets. DIE YOU ROTTEN PIECE OF POND SCUM! The enemy creeps out from behind the barricade, raising his gun in defeat. Victory! I triumphantly peer over the top of my barricade--only to be greeted with a bullet slamming right into my visor...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: RAINBOW WARRIOR | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...Bosnia, by not sticking to the spirit of the 1995 Dayton peace accord and allowing the wartime leadership of Republika Srpska to put down roots in the postwar power structure, the West left room for much of the war scum to float back to the top. These men pumped out heavily separatist and anti-Western propaganda while they obstructed the implementation of Dayton's provisions for reunification. Two weeks ago, as the delicately stitched-together nation seemed to be recovering, the Serbs in their republic voted out moderate President Biljana Plavsic, a key part of Western plans to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Balkan Mess | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...wiped the scum from our bodies, we vowed to make a change. During the final hours of our undergraduate careers, we would like to salute some of the classmates we never got to meet. They are emblematic of dreams unrealized. With the drive of worker bees, we look into our hearts and write...

Author: By Sharon C. Yang, | Title: Deepti Choubey, We Hardly Knew Ye | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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