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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opening scene of the ART's latest production, a boorish captain implores his barber-orderly, Johann Christian Woyzeck, to slow down while shaving him: "Not so fast, one thing after another. You're making me quite dizzy." The orderly, a fidgety and anxious troll of a man, paces back and forth in the spotlight, etching out the confines of the circle. Surrounded by darkness, he nervously darts to his washbowl and glances out into the audience with a fearful and ominous visage. Woyzeck cannot and will not slow down...

Author: By Luke Z. Fenchel, | Title: 'Nature Unidealized, Transmogrified Humans' | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...House headhunters could have missed the long narrative poems in this space about each of the political conventions. They might have been unaware that perched on another soapbox, I have long provided weekly verse so focused on current affairs that I've rhymed Dole with "liberal mole" and "preppie troll" (during the Forbes challenge, of course) and, in reference to his delivery of the Republican reply to the President's State of the Union message, "as limp as sauteed escarole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POETIC INJUSTICE | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

...Troll creatures and ethereal wood sprites will grace the stage at Sanders Theater in "Christmas Revels," a holiday extravaganza that will be running through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Ice Skating to 'The Nutcracker': Break Alternatives to Theses Abound | 12/14/1996 | See Source »

...dialogue that Schnairsohn provides for the characters who inhabit the space. Perry is the perfect name for a revolutionary, and Ian is the perfect name for a great lover. Kudos to Sarah Lohrius '98 for providing the smallest of props to add effect to this scene, especially the treasure troll on the mantelpiece, the broken eight-track machine and the portrait of Jimi Hendrix in a cowboy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mickey Mouse Meets Rosemary Kennedy in Two Loeb Ex One-Acts | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

...SurfWatch, Cyber Patrol and Net Nanny, allow adults to screen content on their home PCs, while most of the large online providers offer built-in "parental controls" or free screening software. But computer programs don't obviate the need for adult supervision. Even SurfWatch, which pays graduate students to troll the Internet in search of offensive material, promises only 90% effectiveness. And to achieve that, its software filters must, of necessity, err on the side of caution. SurfWatch once banned a portion of the White House home page because it contained the keyword couples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOFTWARE FILTERS: HOW WELL DO THEY WORK? | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

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