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...thing that makes these musicals so horrendous is that, despite their circus-like choreography, childishly spectacular special effects, ostentatious costumes and sets, scores worthy of John Williams and embarrassingly inane lyrics, people shell out upwards of 50 bucks a ticket and get all gussied up to go see them. For some reason that I fail to comprehend, these events get away with masquerading as high culture. In this video age, does anything that appears in a theater automatically deserve that appellation? Even someone dressed up as a cat named Rum Tum Tiger...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: The Windy Shitty | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

Radcliffe Culinary Friends Event. "TheRoad to Cookbook Success: From Publication toPopularity, a Panel Presentation." LongfellowHall, Radcliffe Yard. Admission by ticket only.For membership and ticket information, call496...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: This Week at Harvard | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...Illinois Democratic primary also yielded a female sweep: four of the six top spots on the ticket were clinched by women, with gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch at the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week March 13-19 | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...more than ever the tiger's mystique is its ticket to the boneyard. If Asian cultures no longer revere the tiger as a god, many still believe that the animal is the source of healing power. Shamans and practitioners of traditional medicine, especially the Chinese, value almost every part of the cat. They believe that tiger-bone potions cure rheumatism and enhance longevity. Whiskers are thought to contain potent poisons or provide strength; pills made from the eyes purportedly calm convulsions. Affluent Taiwanese with flagging libidos pay as much as $320 for a bowl of tiger-penis soup, thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENVIRONMENT: Tigers on the Brink | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...pitcher of Foster's (including tip) at the Crimson Sports Grille. It's also what you'll pay Pizza Ring some evening when you and your suite-mates decide you can't live without the Super Price Blaster Special, or what you'll shell out for a ticket to a movie at Loews and a large bucket of buttered popcorn...

Author: By David V. Bonfili, | Title: Is the U.C. Fee Hike Worth the Price? A Perspective From the Inside | 3/25/1994 | See Source »

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