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Gender battles usually revolve around who gets to wear the pants. In the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, it's a question of who gets to wear the brassieres. Our tender hearts go out to Winsome S. Brown '95, a woman with a mission: to play a man. Brown forced the Pudding into a quandary last week when she auditioned for the annual show, dressed as a character of her invention named "Nicholas Pettybone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let Women in As Men | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

Experiencing "Wittgenstein" is like falling down a rabbit hole into the wonderland of Derek Jarman's eccentric and inevitably bewitching imagination. although sometimes slow, and fortunately no more than an hour and a half, the story of this strange philosopher/soldier/teacher/wanna-be-proletarian is amusing, tender, and visually intriguing. "Wittgenstein" is no PBS biographical documentary--it's hip Lewis Carroll...

Author: By Ann M. Mikkelsen, | Title: Wunderkind in Jarman's Wonderland | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...ways--love of nature, literature, gloom and doom skepticism and a dose of televangelism. He only becomes overbearing as she realizes her wants and needs are different. In a reposeful moment in bed with him, she wryly thinks to herself, "We are all suckers for the tender, cozy life." Gradually she pulls away from this relationship. Ruby has always been comfortable with herself, she has always relied on herself to get through life, but by the film's end her self-reliance has become a pleasure and comfort and not just a necessity...

Author: By Deborah E. Kopald, | Title: 'Ruby' Almost a Gem | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...VIRGIN BIRTH. That is a very tender and fantastic thing. Because I believe the Bible, I believe it's important. It is not necessary for one's salvation, but as we follow Christ it's one of the cardinal points we must accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Angels, Devils and Messages From God | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Viacom raised its offer to $10 billion in its friendly attempt to merge with Paramount Communications and gained an advantage over rival QVC by making its tender two days ahead of QVC's $10.1 billion offer. Meanwhile, Paramount announced that it would join Chris-Craft Industries to launch a fifth national television network in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 24-30 | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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