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Other incisive comments are not uncommon at intermissions of shows so personally and structually confusing as musicals. The American Reportory Theatre has managed to convert the house into a two-hour Jewish cultural festival where audience participation is not always discouraged Food and oversized breasts constitute the bulk of jokes slipping in and out of the black gowns, car curls and flowing flower print dresses. The band regularly moves from pit to stage to take part in the theatrics just like the cabaret sister it aspires to be deep down inside. Rythmic clapping and footstomping will not seem...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Tuneful Shlemiel Quite a Schlep | 10/6/1994 | See Source »

Students say it is not uncommon for undergraduates to take pornography off the network. According to Tarr, about 25 percent of all information on the Internet is pornography related...

Author: By John J. Babcock, | Title: Internet Pornography on Rise; University Lacking Policy | 9/29/1994 | See Source »

Justin Cruse, 18, said that having someone like Pasqualino wandering around Harvard Square is not uncommon. Cruse said there frequently are pornographers and perverts in the area soliciting youths...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Alleged Pornographer Solicited Teens | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...pact is an uncommon one, Parsons says. In fact, he's never seen Harvard lend money to a student organization before, he says...

Author: By Tom HORAN Jr., | Title: Harvard Lends Money to Radio Station | 9/23/1994 | See Source »

...patients to empty the contents of their home medicine chest into a bag and bring it into the physician's office to show which drugs they have been taking. The results can be horrifying. Although most older Americans are taking fewer than five prescription drugs, it is not uncommon to find people who are swallowing three times that number. Often the person is being treated by several doctors, who may not know what drugs the others have prescribed. Or a husband may be taking his wife's arthritis pills because they work for her. But with each new medication...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overdosing The Elderly | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

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