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Nonetheless I am thankful that As You Like It was written. But for me its chief virtue lies in having provided Shakespeare some practice in romantic comedy. Much Ado About Nothing, which I would like to think followed shortly after, since I consider it more successful, afforded further exercise in the genre. As a result, Shakespeare was fully equipped a year later to create Twelfth Night, which is not only his greatest achievement in this category but also the supreme romantic comedy in the English language...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: 'As You Like It' in a Forest Without Green | 8/6/1976 | See Source »

Davis's assumption that his "naivete" in dealing with the press is solely responsible for all the press is solely responsible for all the rancor and ado his published statements has caused, is shortsighted considering the status and respectability of those incensed by his remarks...

Author: By Judith Kogan, | Title: Seven Days in May | 5/21/1976 | See Source »

Boston's lone score came three minutes into the game. Ado Coker side stepped Cosmos defender Mike Dillon and fed Bert Bowery who snaked a dribbler past gaolie Bob Rigby...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Pele, Chinaglia Lead Cosmos To 2-1 Win Over Minutemen | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

...glass edifice that exemplifies the Soviets' conspicuous striving for modernity. Western Kremlinologists expect few surprises from this congress. According to one feeble joke current in Moscow last week, the delegates will in fact be treated to a performance of Mnogo Shuma iz Nichego, otherwise known as Much Ado About Nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Hard Times for Ivan | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

TMers insist that all this is much ado about nearly nothing. Robert Kory, who runs the New Jersey project for TM, explains that the mantras are just "meaningless" sounds, that the puja simply reminds the teacher of the highest ideals of his profession, and that the deities it invokes are only "the forces of nature." In Fairfield, Iowa, Seymour Migdal, dean of the faculty at the Maharishi University, is confident that TM will survive court scrutiny. Says he: "It doesn't require faith, and it doesn't require worship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tempest over TM | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

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