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...does the White House make these self-destructive defensive maneuvers? The answer may lie in an unlikely comparison. When, at his last press conference, President Bush refused to accept any responsibility for the failures that led to 9/11, and could not, when asked, furnish an example of any mistakes he had made and learned from since then, he reminded me of—of all people—Bill Clinton. You may remember that, as the Monica Lewinsky crisis escalated towards impeachment, many observers remarked that it was not the affair but the lie to the nation...
...plot revolves around Tzara and Carr, who are forced to fake their names and hide their real artistic and political views in order to win the respective loves of the Joyce-admiring Cecily and the Leninist librarian Gwendolen. The themes are the role of art and politics: should one accept a Wildean view of art for art’s sake, a Socialist one of art as political tool, or a Dadaist conception of art as needing to destroy itself? Is war a matter of defending the innocent or of seizing oil wells...
...acting is solid, although opening night had its share of false starts. Henry Carr (Tim M. Marrinan ’06) is a perfect dandy in his 1917 incarnation (although one might have hoped for a more daring pair of trousers than pinstriped brown), but he is hard to accept as the doddering old man of 1974. Ed T. Dean ’04 is noteworthy for his role as Carr’s politically savvy butler, sneaking drinks from the sideboard and constantly rolling his eyes in frustration at his master’s ineptitude. As James Joyce, James...
...only other undefeated Ivy, Harvard still had to overpower the Bulldogs (8-11, 3-3) to clinch a third straight NCAA bid—that is, even if the Crimson lost to either Yale or Dartmouth on Wednesday and the Bears tied for the Ivy crown, the NCAA would accept the head-to-head winner, Harvard...
...rises for a couple of reasons. There has been little rise in workers' wages, which has kept overall manufacturing costs down, and companies have absorbed higher costs to keep their goods affordable in the jobless recovery. But new jobs are finally being created, which means more consumers can accept higher prices. Meanwhile, a surge in demand for raw goods--led by China--is adding to upward pressure on prices. Last week's inflation announcement "was a watershed report," says Mark Zandi of Economy.com He believes the uptick marks the end of 25 years of falling inflation and the onset...