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...elderly couple is terrorized by their television set. Sound like Stephen King? Try again. Christopher Durang, modern bard of the dark comedy, brings us his persistent television whose violent and tasteless programming reflects the horrific state of modern society...

Author: By Carolyn B. Rendell, | Title: Small Screen on Stage: Media Amok Satirizes TV | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...answer, it seems, is that no matter how cramped the dorm room or tasteless the food, Harvard's houses provide a sense of camaraderie and belonging which is hard to reproduce off-campus...

Author: By Radi M. Annab, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Living on the Edge | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

Tracey Merwise, another third-year Law Schoolstudent who helped organize the response, saidthat what began as a tasteless spoof became"warped...

Author: By Daniel M. Steinman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS | Title: Parody of Frug Article Draws Angry Response | 4/11/1992 | See Source »

South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings jumped on the Japan-bashing bandwagon in grand -- and tasteless -- style last week. Speaking to a group of workers at a home-state roller-bearing manufacturing plant, the loose-tongued 70-year-old Democrat said he had a message for Japanese officials who have questioned the competence of the U.S. work force. He advised them to think of the atomic mushroom cloud and recall that it was "made in America by illiterate Americans and tested in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: No Laughing Matter | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...been on countless magazine covers and made a tremendous contribution to the economy -- one of those billionaires who's actually earned it -- and who, I discovered to my amazement when I met him for real one day, has apparently never showered in his life. It would be tasteless even to hint at who he is, but I assure you there are readers right now nodding their heads in vigorous recognition. They've met him too. (The first time I presumed it was an aberration. Anyone can forget to change his shirt. The next time I realized this must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, Herbie, Don't Be Ridiculous | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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