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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reilly, as the title character, delivers a thoughtful but slightly static performance: he doesn't quite sink his teeth into the Lear-like, madness Titus teeters toward, but he does manage to convince as a brave, basically well-meaning guy who nature probably intended to be a hero. Amaechi chooses to take a playful, goblin-like approach to the treacherous, unrepentant Aaron, which tends to diminish him as a personification of pure evil: he's more Puck than Iago. Jason Mills '99 plays Marcus, the faithful brother and sole figure of reason, as a semicomic counter to Titus...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eerie 'Titus' Ushers in Halloween at Adams | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...Netscape gets its chance to strike back today, but beware: If their third-quarter earnings are anything less than the 12 cents a share analysts are expecting, their stock could actually sink - trust-busting in Washington notwithstanding. Also reporting today are Philip Morris, Pepsi, Exxon, Amoco and Goodyear. If all post good profits as expected, Wall Street may sing again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Profit Parade | 10/21/1997 | See Source »

...Lady, "She doesn't travel with her peers." Says Morris: "She's very headstrong and very stubborn, and ultimately very brittle." Her bitterness would occasionally seep out. At the Democratic Convention she told the Arkansas delegation that a friend had told her she would have everything but the kitchen sink thrown at her. "Well," she said, "I just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HILLARY CLINTON: TURNING FIFTY | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...thing. Maybe betting the nest egg on hype-heavy IPOs is just another way for middle-class families to lose their shirts to financiers who wear nicer shirts to begin with. What will happen the first time Wit sells shares of some loser at $12 and they promptly sink to, say, $4? "These deals tend to be highly volatile," says a banking executive. "They appeal to people who can afford a certain amount of risk. But the mom-and-pops? God love 'em. It's not easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOGULS BY THE MILLION | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: So far unable to sink the Clintons in Whitewater, independent counsel Kenneth Starr now appears to be seeking evidence that the first couple tried to obstruct his investigation ? a legal strategy that's more palatable than prosecuting the President for a decade-old land deal, says Jef McAllister, TIME's White House correspondent. "Accusations of abuse of presidential power and conspiracy bring the Whitewater investigation right into the White House in a way the original allegations never could," says McAllister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRIDAY: From Whitewater to White House | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

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