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...Pudding audiences find it less funny to see an actress fondle a mop-end than an actor in drag? When the audience guffaws as the kick-line picks up its skirts to reveal red garters and yellow panties, what is it laughing at--the drag? More often, the semi-sloshed, thigh-slapping enjoyment at the Pudding Show seems almost prurient--as though the audience would like to see the real thing, but will settle for licensed imitation. It's just one of those little incongruities that can creep into your mind if you haven't been popping champagne corks...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The Roar of the Greasepaint | 2/19/1981 | See Source »

...instead of coming from 17 down early in the second half and roaring back for the win, the Crimson managed to cut the lead to two with just over five minutes left, but then succumbed to the Huskies' four-corner, semi-stall offense, 72-67, which Northeastern coach Jim Calhoun had instituted following the Harvard second-half surge...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Northeastern Dumps Hoopsters, 72-67; Huskies Stop Harvard Comeback Drive | 2/18/1981 | See Source »

After advancing to the semi-finals, the squad was drubbed 4-1 by Mexico's A team. Duffy, after dropping the first two games, made a tremendous comeback to pick up the team's only...

Author: By Janie Smith, | Title: Raquetmen Fall in Semis at Tourney | 2/17/1981 | See Source »

...idealists, who are frequently disappointed during their careers." Compounding the problem is the feeling of omnipotence that many doctors develop after they save their first lives. Later on, this can make it difficult for them to admit they need help. "They believe themselves to be omnipotent," says Litman, "semi-deities in a white smock." Finally, doctors have easy access to drugs. Says Psychologist Louis Wekstein of Boston's Tufts University: "Psychotherapy is almost a last resort. They've exhausted their own knowledge and used every strategy-such as minor tranquilizers and alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: M.D. Suicides | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...been in a coma since early Thursday and had lingered in a semi-comatose state since Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut, Dies of Cancer | 2/6/1981 | See Source »

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