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...seen as a defeat for feminism. Wasserstein, who was herself an activist not unlike Heidi, wrote the play to confront her resignation from superwoman-hood, and the sadness she felt at remaining single with no children. Heidi's path mirrored the one she herself would have chosen, but for ardent feminists, this...
...fact, far from being simple and banal, the final monologue is turgid and confusing. The closing act abandons comedy altogether for a sentimental affirmation of life as something to cherish by mixing a heavy dose of Thoreau with Davis' own ardent declamations. The rather opaque passages from "Higher Laws," "Solitude" and other essays are further obscured by Davis' casual commentary scattered throughout. When finally he concludes that he is "everything God intended in man," he is everyone from Jesus to Ghandi to Ghengis Khan, the poetics ring hollow...
...courting finally produced a winner last week when the most ardent suitor, Time Warner, prevailed after five weeks of dealmaking. But not before two simultaneous and highly contentious board meetings took place in New York City, one at Time Warner headquarters, the other at Turner's law firm, each ending quite differently--one in shouts, the other in murmurs...
...homeopathy quickly gained converts across the Continent. To this day it enjoys immense popularity in Germany, the Netherlands and France, where the nation's 23,000 pharmacies are required by law to supply homeopathic remedies. Homeopathy spread abroad as well. In Britain members of the royal family have been ardent adherents since the 1830s. Queen Elizabeth reportedly travels with a little black box containing 24 homeopathic preparations, and Prince Charles is said to use arnica to heal bruises from falling off polo ponies...
Heck, he's Fob James. The Republican landslide that transformed the U.S. Congress last fall also ushered in a gaggle of ardent G.O.P. conservatives in state capitals around the country. But James, 60, is more a throwback than a young zealot. He has spent his first seven months in office loading up one discarded policy of the Old South after the other and lobbing them at Alabama's moderates, minorities and, yes, at the federal judiciary. "We are going in the same direction as the rest of the country, but we are more extreme," says Auburn University professor Wayne Flynt...