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...first involves staging the production in a novel space, giving way to an As You Like It on the beach or Hamlet in the actual ruins of Elsinore. The second, or conceptual tack, applies an external theme to the play’s framework, leading to Richard III in fascist Italy or Romeo and Juliet at a post-apocalyptic rave. The third posits some new interpretation of a character that flows against the traditional grain, allowing a lovable, misunderstood Iago or a courageous, bloodthirsty Hamlet. Hyperion’s current version of Macbeth takes both the first and third avenues...
...that's when that extra millions (or billions) in the purchase price turns out to have wasted, when it becomes apparent that the value of the merged company not only isn't more than the original buyer thought it was worth, but a whole lot less. Such losses in actual value used to be quietly swept under the rug, amortized away over the course of as much as 40 years...
...clear that what this year’s NBA playoffs represent instead of an actual competition is rather a Laker coronation, and their attempt to secure a place in basketball history. Assuming the Lakers win the title this June, questions will begin to arise as to how this version of the Lake Show compares to the great teams of the past. The four rivals that most readily come to mind are the ’72 Lakers, ’86 Celtics, ’87 Lakers, and ’96 Bulls...
...actual number of such deaths may be considerably higher, but nobody really knows. The monitoring of clinical research in the U.S. is so piecemeal, and the reporting of problems so haphazard, that it's almost impossible to find out what is really happening. Thanks to a patchwork regulatory system, perhaps a quarter of all clinical research--including some studies on reconstructive surgery, dietary supplements, stem cells and infertility treatments, for example--gets no federal oversight whatsoever. And even where oversight is mandated, it's often applied loosely...
...paid for mainly by my parents (the $2,000-$3,000 I earn during the year is a drop in the proverbial bucket). I cannot value Harvard (although guilt is a great motivator) simply because it is a financial burden for my parents. That one-step removal from actual earning is a substantial one; at nine, I could not comprehend that my coat represented hours of labor to my mother, nor at 22 can I fully grasp the many years of saving—some before I was born—that went into my college fund...