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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Large chunks of the ballet are given over to slapstick--the stepsisters squabble tug-of-war fashion over a shawl, or trip over each other to greet the Prince (Woytek Lowski). The liveliest moments are high comedy having nothing to do with ballet, and the work becomes difficult to approach on any other level. The happily-ever-after final tableau, signaled by the descent of a festooned crown from the ceiling, is unintentionally hilarious...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: The Classic and the Comic | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...would be to feed a predetermined quantity of reserves into the banking system, turn a deaf ear to pleas that it shovel in more, no matter how intense the demand for loans becomes, and let interest rates go wherever the market takes them. The board has traditionally resisted that approach out of fear that an abrupt crackdown in an inflationary economy would cause interest rates to leap up so violently as to produce financial chaos. Miller has said that if the board had tried that strategy in 1974 the prime rate would have hit 20%, and "as a former businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Last Sunday, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) voted to reject Brustein's proposal. Kerry L. Konrad '79, president of the HRDC, said the organization believed Brustein's professional approach to drama would not serve undergraduates' needs...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Act I, Scene ii | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

Joyce also said King's election was helped by the fact that some Republicans crossed over to King. "He represents the conservative businessman's approach to government--they see him as a savior," Joyce said...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber, | Title: Panelists Discuss Elections At Kennedy School's Forum | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...challenge Brooke several weeks prior to the publication of Brooke's personal problems. As a reformer in Lowell and Middlesex County politics, and then as an outstanding Congressman, Paul Tsongas has shown he has the intelligence and moral fortitude to perform equally well in the Senate. Tsongas's creative approach to energy problems, his sophistication in dealing with third world issues, his work on behalf of state and federal urban revitilization policies, and his support of the Kennedy-Corman national health insurance bill (which Brooke opposes) are representative of his highly progressive politics. With the idealism and sincerity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not Just Another Election | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

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