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Against this bleak picture, Andre's face looms with its stylized series of commands: Buy. Obey. The verbs' object is, of course, left blank. In the end, it seems, what we have bought into is not the product or the image at all but the movement--a movement which, ironically, consists exactly of those who have bought into the image. Postmodern cynics might even say we have bought into buying itself. Caveat emptor...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Boxing Andre | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Despite its bleak Ivy title hopes, Harvard still is very much alive for an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson's No. 18 ranking in the NFHCA poll and No. 16 ranking the NCAA poll will likely rise this week due to its 2-0 win at No. 13 Boston College on Wednesday...

Author: By David R. De remer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Darkens Field Hockey's Ivy Title Hopes | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...would have granted to Haitians and many other Central Americans who fled repressive governments the same status that is currently granted to Nicaraguans and Cubans who fled similar circumstances. The Republican congressional leadership is opposed to the bill, and although the administration has fought for it, its future seems bleak...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Last Days of Congress | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...hello, Sheryl Crow). Marilyn Manson is going to cover "Suicide is Painless"-the theme song to M*A*S*H-on the soundtrack to the Blair Witch Project sequel. Is it just me, or is the whole Manson thing way too tired? But it's a great song, so bleak ("Suicide is painless/It brings on many changes/And I can take or leave it as I please") that the lyrics had to be excised for the TV version of M*A*S*H, and the attempt to return it to cultural consciousness is well appreciated. (Actually, a great cover...

Author: By By DARYL Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the Mix | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...University released a major report examining worldwide labor conditions in the apparel industry Friday, and the findings are bleak...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sweatshop Report Paints Bleak Picture | 10/10/2000 | See Source »

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