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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...violence and sensationalism (a la Natural Born Killers). Viewers with weak stomachs have little to fear, however: the visual representation of the violence and bloodshed is quite restrained, consisting mainly of several sparing patches of blood and one remarkably fake-looking severed hand. Perhaps as an appeal to the spirit of Halloween, a lot of the physical pain the various characters inflict on each other takes the form of mystical gestures of conjuration rather than actual bloodspilling...

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

...turn in your Yale envelopes with a hefty check enclosed, then grab a free Harvard-Dartmouth football game coupon and trek to Hanover any way you like to help the team shut up the boisterous hosts, give Dartmouth a losing streak and assert Harvard spirit like you have never imagined...

Author: By Lev F. Gerlovin, | Title: Good Lovin' | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

After the panel discussion, two or three men who had been introduced as "ex-gays" came up to talk to me. They claimed to have been relieved of their homosexuality through the power of prayer. "I did not want to leave the lifestyle either," one told me, "until the spirit of God entered me. Jesus Christ is speaking to me through...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Nothing Grows in Scorched Earth | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

...spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America." --1980s Massachusetts tourism slogan...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Freedom, Massachusetts-Style | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

...early as today, the Massachusetts House of Representatives could vote to bring capital punishment back to the Bay State. Is this the spirit of America? More importantly, is this the spirit of Massachusetts...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Freedom, Massachusetts-Style | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

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