Word: amide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ivory tower that stands amid shanties in the Yard supposedly symbolizes Harvard's insulation from a world of broader concerns. The recent electioneering highlights the extent to which Harvard has been captured by those who act in its name...
...Amadeus. Each production in Chicago has showcased the two principals and three comparably talented colleagues, Greg Hicks, Eleanor Bron and Jonathan Hyde. The stand opened with The Duchess of Malfi in a faithfully Grand Guignol rendition of Webster's Jacobean tragedy. Actors clad in funereal black moved menacingly amid the stately but decaying gray palatial sets; virtually the only color was a frequent splash of blood. The ensemble followed with an energetic rendition of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...
...Hossain Mohammed Ershad, who seized power in a 1982 coup, promised that the first voting in Bangladesh in seven years would take place in a "free, fair and peaceful atmosphere." It did not quite work out that way. At least twelve people were killed and 400 arrested last week amid blatant vote rigging, intimidation and violence, most of it committed by supporters of Ershad's Jatiya Party. At week's end the official count gave Jatiya 82 seats and the opposition Awami League and its coalition partners 71 seats. But the results in another 100 districts were in dispute...
...Amid tight security, the assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs defended the Reagan Administration's policies in Central America last night before an almost full Kennedy School Forum...
...just too much. How can a creative genius function amid the aromas of hamburgers and French fries? World-Famous Fashion Designer Valentino is so upset at the opening of Rome's first McDonald's next to his atelier that he has filed suit to have it closed...