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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peggy Ashcroft thinks of Gielgud as one of the last of the Edwardians, not just in age, but in temperament. It is not a judgment with which he will quarrel. He fondly remembers the London of his youth as a bright and magical city. "I do think with great nostalgia of the old days," he says "But I wouldn't want them back. I'd rather be taken back to a somewhat later period when I first saw my name in lights on marquee and said, 'I'm going to be star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: New Notes from an Old Cello | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

Director Trevor Nunn, who can thread the needle's eye of nuance and possesses a searching eye for detail, has set the play in what the late Kenneth Tynan called "a timeless Edwardia." Helena, a kind of lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Rossillion (Peggy Ashcroft), burns with love for "a bright particular star," the countess's son Bertram. A physician's daughter, Helena follows Bertram to the Court of France and cures the mortally ill King (John Franklyn-Robbins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pride of the London Season | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...financially pressed Missouri government is anything but happy, claiming it cannot fund the tuition plan, which is likely to cost $6 million or more a year. Says Missouri Attorney General John Ashcroft: "The bankruptcy of the Justice Department's argument shows that they have nothing to offer but the state's own money." There was concern as well that the plan was unfair to students who did not transfer. For example, white students who come into a black classroom would get college scholarships for being there, while black classmates in the very same room would have no special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Big Carrot | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...most sophisticated objection came from Attorney General John Ashcroft, who asked the Missouri Supreme Court to block last week's hearing. His plea: the separation of powers doctrine forbids one branch from summoning trusted officials of another. He failed, but the high court may agree to examine and rule on the plan's legality after Kinder actually assigns cases. "I researched the books," says the judge, "and I cannot find a thing that says I can't do what I'm doing." His tactic has attracted calls from other judges who may follow his example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lawyer Roundup in Jeff City | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

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