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...William Penn. An original two-act play set in 17th century England and subtitled "The Birthpangs of Religious Freedom." Inspired by the Bicentennial, of course. Performed by the Fisherman's Players in Old West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston. Shows December...
...trouble is, says Harvard Business School Professor George C. Lodge, that the trustbusters are being guided by the "old American ideology." In his new book, The New American Ideology (Knopf; $12.50), Lodge declared passe the old 17th and 18th century business and political values of competition, property rights, limited government and rugged individualism-philosophical products mainly of John Locke and Adam Smith. What is emerging, he believes, is a new set of ideas that business executives and Government planners may not routinely articulate but that nevertheless are already partly in place. Some tenets of Lodge's "new ideology...
Christmas is coming. 17th, 18th and 19th century German cookie molds are on exhibit at the Busch-Reisinger. Recipes not provided...
...large body of secular thought, also holds that the patient, the family and their doctors are not morally required to use every conceivable means to sustain a damaged life. In Catholicism, which has the most developed literature on such questions, one notable exponent of this view was the brilliant 17th century Spanish Cardinal Juan de Lugo, who said "ordinary" efforts are required, but "extraordinary" methods...
...humor. The not-so-sub-tleties were supplied-at inflationary prices. Did Ross, doubling as her own clothes designer, require more yard goods and seamstresses to realize her visions? She got them. Did the film maker require an outdoor theater for a few atmospheric shots? He hired the 17th century theater at Spoleto for a week and transported the whole cast and crew thither in pursuit of the desired images. Was the script not quite right? Gordy took pen in hand and wrote the line that he says encapsulates Mahogany's philosophical essence: "Success is nothing without someone...