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...late 1965 at March Air Force Base in California, I met his son Vernon Jr., who was characteristically like his father. The death of his father the following January made quite a stir. In 1966, you see, Riverside County, Calif., had much in common with Forest County, Miss. ADO L. GINN Master Sergeant, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Sacramento, Calif...
...Clinton's judgment. His "problems" are not caused by Starr, a far-right conspiracy or former White House employee Linda Tripp. They are the result of a Chief Executive addled by hubris. The only thing scarier than Clinton's maneuverings is the people who think this scandal is much ado about nothing. CRAIG A. KOLLER Kutztown...
...years in power. When CNN interviewed the new President in 1993, he wanted to read all his answers from a TelePrompTer. On those occasions when he allowed himself a little spontaneity, it tended to backfire. In a 1990 interview with Barbara Walters, he described the Tiananmen killings as "much ado about nothing," prompting outrage in the West. "He is a lightweight," decided a Clinton Administration official in 1995. "Buffoon would be too strong a word...
Journeying through centuries of placebo usage, the first essay of the book aims to determine whether or not the placebo is "much ado about nothing"; co-authors Arthur Shapiro and his wife Elaine present the reader with a flurry of esoteric yet entertaining historical tidbits. Though the knowledge that the 17th-century drug called "Vigo's plaster" was made of viper's flesh, live frogs, and worms may not necessarily be the best conversation-starter, such detail paints an elaborate portrait of the blind, haphazard healing practices of prescientific medics at which even the least scientifically-inclined person can gasp...
...general, the monologue performances seemed to be stronger than the multiple-player scenes. This was most strongly exemplified by Hanson, who gave an excellent performance of Clarence's dream of drowning from Richard III. Clarke was also solidly entertaining as Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing, musing on what follies seize men after they fall in love: "I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster, but...till he have made an oyster of me, he shall never make me...a fool." Jae Y. Kim '96 gave a rousing call to arms in Henry...