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...organization called Dieters United objected to the tutu-clad hippos frolicking to the music of Dance of the Hours; the protesters felt the sequence ridiculed fat people. Conservationists were appalled at the waste of water in Sorcerer's Apprentice. Fundamentalist Christians bewailed ) the depiction of evolution in Rite of Spring. Antidrug forces suspected something subliminally prodrug in the Nutcracker Suite episode featuring dancing mushrooms. Only Fantasia conductor Leopold Stokowski escaped chastisement, perhaps because he is dead...
Summer festivals are an American rite, as varied and delightful as a dazzling July 4 fireworks. They can be elaborate affairs with star performers who draw throngs. Or they can be simple: a series of concerts or readings in the park for listeners lolling on the grass. Leading dance companies and symphony orchestras emerge from their winter homes to blossom in dells or along breezy lakeshores. Opera companies and rep theaters haunt the deserts at night. Cultural traditions and folkways are everywhere on display. This year is the bicentennial of Mozart's death. New England mountain greenery will echo with...
...other major setback for the CCR came later in the spring, after what has come to be an annual rite--a sit-in Clark's office. Thirteen days after students occupied the Dean's office on April 10, Clark sent a stern letter to all students and faculty members warning that such "future disruptions" would lead to suspensions or even expulsions...
...fear that even raising the question trivializes the whole issue of rape. But there are paradoxes here that might shed light on the issue. How is it that when an adolescent boy is coerced into sleeping with an older woman, it is viewed with a wink as an accepted rite of passage, while the reverse -- the coercion of a girl by an older man -- is clearly...
...KQED wins its case and the scene of Harris' last breath is broadcast into the nation's living rooms, will people judge it to be a disturbing atrocity or a darkly satisfying rite? And how will they feel when the image replays not only on their screens but in their minds, as it undoubtedly will...