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...sitcoms and a Bugs Bunny cartoon in which Elmer Fudd sings, “Kill the wabbit!” to the rune of Wagner. In this take on opera, large-breasted women dressed in Viking helmets sing for hours on end about being German, just like a good Romanticist should. The Early Music Society’s production of Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell presents an alternative vision: the opera is short, Baroque and in English. Moreover, stage director John Driscoll ’00 has updated the story to modern times, doing away with traditional costumes...

Author: By Zoila Hinson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dido and Aeneas | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

Mitten demanded "Who are you? There's an exam going on." The man replied that his name was "Romanticist" and that if anyone tried to leave the room he would detonate his bomb. He said he was "declaring war on the United States of America...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Adam M. Lalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: During Exam, Man Threatens to Blow Up Science Center | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

According to witnesses, Mitten demanded "Who are you? There's an exam going on." The man replied that his name was "Romanticist" and that if anyone tried to leave the room he would detonate his bomb. He said he was "declaring war on the United States of America...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Adam M. Lalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: During Exam, Man Threatens to Blow Up Science Center | 1/18/2001 | See Source »

...Paterno believed that alumni could not recruit objectively and called Reardon "a romanticist from Harvard who does not understand the real world...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod and Victoria E. M. cain, S | Title: Building Crimson Athletic Hopes | 11/14/1995 | See Source »

Like all artists, athletes can be divided into Romanticists and Classicists. The playing style of the Romanticists is characterized by emotion and imagination and an emphasis on individuality; the play of Classicists is more controlled, more cerebral, more reliant on teamwork. Earl Monroe was a Romanticist; Oscar Robertson a Classicist. Magic Johnson, for all his flair, was a Classicist who controlled the tempo of the game; Julius ("Dr. J") Erving was a Romanticist who played according to his own rhythms. Although he has all the skills and talents of a Classicist, Jordan is a Romanticist. He is a splendid passer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Fly Away | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

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