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...horsing around is what this production does best. The actors canter across the stage, flicking their whip-like tails, singing the chorus to this fable. The choreography is simple yet creative, setting the tone and changing the scene for each part of the tale...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: At Loose Ends? Get Out | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

BLUEBONNET BOWL: Purdue (9-2) vs. Tennessee (7-4)--Sorry, Wilson Schlichter, McDonald et al., but Purdue's Mark Herrmann is the best quarterback in the country. The Vols are a strong 7-4, but any 9-2 Big Ten team can whip a 7-4 SEC team, Johny Majors notwithstanding. Purdue 31, Tennessee...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bowling for Scholars | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...blackboard are inscribed the jailers' instructions to their victims: " 1. You must answer in conformity with the questions I ask you. 2. During beatings or electrocution you must not cry loudly. 3. If you disobey any of my regulations, you will get either ten strokes of the whip or five electric shocks." Said Curator Ing Pech, 52, an electrical engineer who is one of only four known survivors of the death camp: "Everyone here was accused of working for either the CIA or the Soviet KGB. After I received 50 blows to the head, I confessed. But after eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: There Is Nothing, Monsieur | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...that, either. However, she said if I guessed a number, she could tell me if my score was higher or lower. I couldn't believe it. I was tempted to ask. 'What happens if I guess the score right on the nose? Do I get six cases of Redi-Whip or something...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Crazy Kids at ETS | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

Bergenheim said the many controversies at B.U. demonstrate the university's academic freedom. "How could those five professors make these irrational statements if what they said were true? If John Silber had the power to whip people into line, they would have been whipped out of line a long time ago," Bergenheim said

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Professors Say Silber Purges B.U. | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

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