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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Have a fetish for southern accents, slutty women, and dysfunctional relationships? Check out Tennessee William's classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (Despite the seemingly misleading title, no live animals of any sort were subjected to torture for this production.) 8 p.m., Actors Playhouse, Notre Dame Education Center, 50 W. Broadway, South Boston. $10 for students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Serra is more interested in truth than beauty. Particularly the truth of materials. The Russian Constructivists had a term, faktura, meaning the straightforward, logical use of substances--wood, tin, steel, rope, wire--to produce expressive effects on their own material terms. Serra is and always has been fanatical about this. He doesn't paint, polish, grind or otherwise fiddle about with his metal. It rusts naturally and bears the marks of its making, the scrapes, even the claw marks of the grabs that hoisted the plates. And yet these traces, which one might think would be brutal, acquire--given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Steel-Drivin' Man | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...windows and the bar are framed by red plastic chile lights, sombreros grace the walls and bright green cactus sculptures are sunk into cavities in the walls. Triangular flags pushing tequila brands are a tribute to kitsch, but the gestalt works well, set off under a trendy corrugated tin roof. The TV at one end of the bar and the gravelly sound of Louis Armstrong add to the user-friendly feel. In addition to comfortable surroundings, Baja offers many weekly specials that ought to bring in the crowds: a Sunday all-you-can-eat buffet for $8.95, and happy hour...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: make a run...beyond the border | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...after officers observed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the bench they were sitting at. When the officers returned, the defendant and his companion had fled, and when they were found and a stop was made and they were arrested. Maccio had a tin with heroin and a hypodermic syringe inside...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Log of Cambridge Police Activity | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...other parts of the globe, putting the 1994 agreement on autopilot. What's more, the White House underestimated how much money it needed from Congress to pay for the oil, which costs about $55 million annually. This year it asked for only $35 million, hoping to pass the tin cup among its allies. That hasn't worked, since many countries question why the world's leading economic power can't come up with the money. But U.S. lawmakers are even more reluctant to bankroll Pyongyang after Monday's launch. The Senate quickly passed legislation requiring President Clinton to certify that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missile With A Message | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

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