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...kept ignorant of the romance between the young Philia (Margery Trimble) and Hero (Nick Aiuto), deception which Pseudolus promises to maintain in return for his freedom. The script--liberally seasoned with campus allusions--relies on sexual jokes which play mostly on the naivete of the young couple ("A virgin? Is that good?") and the frustrations of everyone else. Many of these jokes hover at the borders of good taste, but given the Kirkland sponsorship of the show, the crowd finds this appealing...
...Committee for the Preservation of the Acropolis Monuments, scientists from many nations gathered in Athens, casting off fear as before a great battle, to plan restoration of the most beautiful wonder of the ancient world: the marble Parthenon. That hilltop temple of Zeus' daughter, Athena the Virgin (Athena Parthenos), has for 2,400 years brought glory to Phidias, sculptor of its fluted columns, and to farseeing Pericles, and to all the Hellenes...
...point, Moore has charted a persuasive, even gripping tale. Then comes a narrative twist that is doubtless meant to transform a mystery story into serious fiction, if not high art. But Moore's tricky turn leads to a conclusion of ineffable silliness, involving the improbable apparition of the Virgin Mary in California. It gives nothing essential in the plot away to disclose that in this whodunit the perpetrator...
DARTMOUTH 16, PRINCETON 3-Brooke Shields will miss the trip because she can't fit into her Calvins. The Tigers will see only Dartmouth women in the stands. There will be no virgin wool...
...more than 700 religious souvenir shops, innumerable ice-cream parlors and other tourist businesses that line its narrow streets. Lourdes alarm clocks, fondue sets and cigarette lighters compete for shelf space with bottles of "Eau de Toilette a la Bernadette" (three scents), tin napkin holders depicting Bernadette and the Virgin, and plastic packets of "Lourdes Mints" guaranteed to be made from grotto water...