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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Particularly confusingly, this production of Lysistrata projects a dual perspective--it remains unclear whether it endeavors to recreate Aristophanes' bawdy farce, or tries actually to parody the original intent of the classic...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Lysistrata Literally Out of Sight | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

Thus appearing simultaneously to celebrate and parody Aristophanes' world, this production is unclear in its message. This confusion of purpose confines the production to a bawdy exultation of rut, making it lack dramatic, or even comedic tension. Two demensional characterization and widespread overacting renders the interpersonal relationships and the various plot-twists uninteresting...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Lysistrata Literally Out of Sight | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...flight service left a lot to be desired, too. Attendants acted as though offering drinks to passengers was an undue burden. They spent the majority of the flight smoking in the crew rest areas (although why they needed to rest remains unclear...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Fly the Polish Skies--If You Dare | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

...unclear at this point how integrated the partners in the new corporation will be in terms of finances, administration, medical staffs and programs, the Globe reported...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: Two Harvard Hospitals Complete `Affiliation' | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

Whether prosecutors will succeed in proving links to Tehran officials is less certain, however. A police officer has testified that a top aide of Chancellor Helmut Kohl ordered a key report to be removed from the evidence file. The exact contents of the report are unclear, but the testimony has deepened suspicions that Iran has been pressuring the German government to limit the Mykonos case to keep intelligence matters out. However, German intelligence chief Bernd Schmidbauer, the country's main liaison with Iran, has repeatedly denied that Tehran has exerted any undue influence or that the missing report contains crucial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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