Word: whiffenpoofs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...films: the collision between British culture and anarchic nature, a conflict that virtually defines the Australian experience. The scene is Indonesia in 1965, as the Sukarno government stumbles toward a coup that will eventually end the strongman's reign. In the streets, Communist marchers sing revolutionary songs with Whiffenpoof harmonies; in the white man's clubs, journalists and diplomats slug back their Scotch and try to forget that the good imperial days have vanished into Third World arrogance. Among the Caucasians are Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson), one of the Australian correspondents, and Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver), a glamorous...
When the Din and Tonics, one of Harvard's newest groups, host the Radcliffe Pitches and the Yale Whiffenpoof at tomorrow night's Sanders. Theater jamboree they 'll be serenading the group that usually takes center stage at Harvard's a capella extravaganzas the Krokodiloes will be sitting in the audience...