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...suggestiveness that invites one to reconsider the comic potential inherent in even the most serious Shakespearean dialogues. Here all those idiosyncracies of Elizabethan English that we profess to understand in section are given a thorough airing. What does the guard mean with his "Stand and unfold yourself?" When did thumb-biting stop being synonymous with giving someone the birdie? Just as Hamlet uses the Death of Gonzago as a way to find his accusatory voice, this play allows Harvard students to flesh out those suspicions they'd always been too pretentious to discuss in the open. Who hasn't thought...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smashing in Spandex: Playing it Again at the Loeb Experimental | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...array of titles can be confusing. Perhaps it's a good time to take a little of Dr. Spock's advice: Relax; trust your instincts. Many parenting books are meant to be not so much read as referred to when a problem arises. Others are more philosophical than instructive. Thumb through a few to find an author who suits your taste and needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Parenting Books | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Kevin next goes through a detailed explanation for the loading of the semi-automatic handguns. He shows us how to hold the gun (both thumbs to the side of the handle) so that we don't get a chunk taken out of our thumb by the slide and how to fire it--"squeeze the trigger, don't pull." He's good at his job: patient even when repeatedly reminding us not to point our guns...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Shooting the Breeze | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Menick sat out the 34-14 defeat at Colgate with a broken left thumb and a sprained ankle, but he bounced back in a big way against Lehigh with 114 yards on the ground. The Crimson jumped out to a 17-0 lead midway through the second quarter but surrendered 21 straight points to the Mountain Hawks...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mercurial Season Continues for RB Menick | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

After sitting out the second week with thumb and ankle injuries, junior running back Chris Menick has busted out and returned to the form that made him an all-Ivy first-teamer in 1997, notching 100-yard efforts in his last two starts...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Faces Tough Holy Cross D | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

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