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From a plastic Statue of Liberty with a yellow lightbulb torch at the Brown party to a massive wall of television monitors at Clinton's, the events reflected the candidates' public images...

Author: By Melissa Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Celebrations Match Candidates' Styles | 4/8/1992 | See Source »

...Inauguration John Kennedy proclaimed that the torch of leadership had passed to "a new generation of Americans, born in this century." In 1992 Britain's torch is passing decisively to a new class of Britons, brought up without an elite schooling or the right accent. Britain has had leaders of humble origins before, but next week's election is a milestone. For the first time, none of the chief standard-bearers are products of those ancient mills of correct breeding, Oxford and Cambridge. Of the Cinderellas awaiting the nation's hand, moreover, none looks likelier to dance all night than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Invitations to the Dance | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

Besides watching movies like Torch Song Trilogy and Parting Glances, which discuss the complexities of gay life, the group plans to cooperate with BGLSA in celebrating BGLAD (Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days) in April...

Author: By Adi Krause, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: First-Years Begin Gay Group | 3/7/1992 | See Source »

...answer the first of these annual questions, nothing. (Exception: Gov. William F. Weld '66 in drag is funny in and of itself. He played the female lead in 1966.) To answer the second, it doesn't. You need more than an all-male kickline and a torch song to keep an audience entertained for two hours. Tradition doesn't cut it alone. This is what cuts...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Lotts of Fun in Las Vegas | 2/21/1992 | See Source »

...Spectacle: You want musical numbers? Geyer's rendition of "The Wages of Sin" is a show-stopper, although the song sounds suspiciously like "Light of the World" from Godspell. St. Clair does a great job with the show's obligatory torch song, "Agent Provocateur...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Lotts of Fun in Las Vegas | 2/21/1992 | See Source »

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