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...ideas of manhood. Men's mags have slavered over women before--remember Vargas girls?--but with an affect of gentlemen's-club exclusivity. Young men turned to them as tutors in the mysteries of manhood. Today youths prefer populist outlets like Maxim and TV's The Man Show, which toast an uncomplicated guy-hood. Details, finally, didn't party hard enough...
...completely. And while they're evaluating themselves, open parties sponsored by the Seneca and other organizations will become the mainstay of Harvard's social scene. Hopefully, by the time final clubs figure things out their niche in Harvard social circles will have been filled by more inclusive institutions. I toast the Seneca...
...teenager watching his parents try to act cool can perhaps sympathize with Princes William and Harry. Last week their normally phlegmatic father PRINCE CHARLES demonstrated in a brief but very public moment his appreciation for the reggae beat. Visiting Jamaica, the man who would be King became the toast of Kingston as he toured the blighted neighborhood of Trench Town and met with Bob Marley's widow Rita. The prince was anointed with a crown of dreadlocks fastened to a Rastafarian cap, which he donned briefly, and backward, before doffing it because of the heat. Rita Marley said...
...that followed Without Words, however, had more than enough emotional impact. Mark Godden's Another Year, set to tense music by Henryk Gorecki, dramatizes the disintegration of a marriage. The piece, not surprisingly, opens with a marriage: a couple embraces while the guests hold up wine glasses in a toast. Suddenly, the music clashes and all the guests let go of their cups, which (because they are tied to the ceiling by invisible wire) then swing in unison for the remainder of the ballet. This stark, surprising introduction immediately drew me into the piece. The ever-present wine glasses represent...
...possible, that following some huge judgment, a court would freeze Philip Morris' dividend payout. A federal case is next, and there are individual cases. In 1998 tobacco companies settled a suit with the states for $246 billion. It's easy to see why many believe that Big MO is toast...