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...past the throng, and out onto the floor. Jealous singles. myself included, anxiously waited to dance with that one person, who managed to be engaged all evening. Students who in their everyday miens betray no trace of libidinal expression were liberated in that dark room, exhibitionists beneath the sensual pommeling of a bass guitar. This is a wonder of the Harvard party--the trans-mogrifications that straight-laced students undergo on the dance floor; one of the only real pleasures of Harvard parties is finding yourself dancing ferociously with someone whose usually upright demeanor only prompts idle fantasy. The room...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: No Deposit, No Return | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...well wonder what would move otherwise deliberate, sensual, more-or-less well-adjusted people to bug out their eyes, desert their beds and friends, and throw down large doses of industrial strength instant Maxwell House. For some, (and such matters are impossible to quantify) a senior thesis is a pleasant opportunity, to write a truly trenchant essay concerning some topic of major interest. But for many others, those for whom the process is a pall on their lives and for whom the process is a pall on their lives and for whom the product has no meaning, the motive force...

Author: By Chris Daly, | Title: Thesis Madness | 3/11/1976 | See Source »

...imagery of these rich greasy Arabs (oil is of their very essence) with voracious sexual and sensual appetites, indulged at the expense of the sweat and toil of others, is calculated to set off a series of racist associations, all of which point to one conclusion: the threat posed to western civilization by the profligates of OPEC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The U.S. and the Persian Gulf: The Logic of Intervention | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

...Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. How do her new co-stars compare with the likes of Italy's Marcello Mastroianni and France's Yves Montand"? "It's a question of geography, of one's country," answers Keller. "Marcello is always thinking of eating. He's sensual. Montand is professional in the French way and very charming. Dustin is profound, passionate and funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 3, 1975 | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

...CHILD would appreciate the colors and patterns of a Lichtenstein. The lines are crisp, elegant, simple, classical. The colors are bright, true, eloquent, joyful. They really are a sensual delight to look at. What more appropriate reason...

Author: By Ta-kuang Chang, | Title: Medieval Comic-Books | 10/1/1975 | See Source »

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