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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...suspension of belief too great for the audience to bear; in this case the leaden weight of an overdrawn script buries the dedicated acting jobs that try to save the show. Christopher Hampton's Savages, unfortunately, is more fundamentally flawed, for it founders when its focus--a Brazilian Indian tribe on the verge of extinction--obscures or perhaps just misses entirely all the other elements in this would-be "major statement." Socialism, repression, guilt and the excesses of exploitative capitalism are all mushed into the play, but any number of well-executed tribal rituals cannot make them fit into...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: No Future For Savages | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

...learned about what tribe we all fit into, tribalistic, selfish, cognitive," Sgt. Dougherty, who took the Pine Manor course, says as he drives down Francis Ave. "285 to base...Out of service at the Sachs Estate," he radios in. "The behavioral sciences are good to study--it helps you deal with people. We all have a different way of our fuses going off. It's like a step ladder-we either revert to the lower level or we rise to the higher one. Cognitive is what I'd like all people to be--a cognitive person will...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: No Molotovs | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...classification amendment would provide a distinct improvement on the current tax system," Laurence H. Tribe '62, professor of Law, said yesterday in reference to Referendum Question 1, the property tax classification amendment...

Author: By Lino D. Tontodonato, | Title: Professor Tribe Comments On Ballot Classification Issue | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

...Tribe serves as special counsel for the city of Boston, and represented Boston Mayor Kevin H. White in a court suit to uphold White's spending an estimated $1 million in city funds to campaign for the ballot question...

Author: By Lino D. Tontodonato, | Title: Professor Tribe Comments On Ballot Classification Issue | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

...main reason for the confusion is that the opposition is focusing on a non-issue. Saying there will be a tax increase under classification is like saying taxes will rise if you elect Frank Hatch or Ed King. Taxes will rise with or without it," Tribe said...

Author: By Lino D. Tontodonato, | Title: Professor Tribe Comments On Ballot Classification Issue | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

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