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Skepticism is sometimes a substitute for apathy and vagueness a cover for ignorance. When lives are being taken, it is not enough to simply hide behind the banner of neutrality or seek the warmth of a group hug for world peace. When one side is more powerful than the other, neutrality means complicity with the strong...
Audience members cheered loudest for Scott Davis, a two-time U.S. national champion who performed to a rock version of "The Star Spangled Banner," and Jennifer Kirk, a hometown skater with Olympic aspirations...
...everyone agreed. But how long had he been in the sun? "It's rural Southern Georgia, and the illiteracy rate pushes 30% or 40%," admits Brumby. But if Spencer students had gone freakishly bookworm, why couldn't every child and adult in Tift County (pop. 35,000)? A big banner went up outside the town library, with weekly updates on the number of books read. The goal? One million. Everyone but the students thought Brumby was whacked...
Julius Caesar was perhaps more appropriate for Shakespeare's time, when people knew the tale and the issues involved were issues faced by most Elizabethans. Noting this, the production staff of Julius Caesar, with the help of the Hyperion Shakespeare banner, will radically transform the play to be meaningful to a modern, college age audience. The play is set in modern America, 20 years from now, when everything has fallen apart. Caesar will focus on actors finding their own connection to the words of the play and the formation of actor-audience relationships. The show promises to be experimental...
...snap polls even had a chance to mature (or disappear, as Gore's did after the first debate), the Middle East blew up, and the stock market with it. Six days of debate-related punditry and spin cycling has been abruptly cut short. In the Friday headlines - big, grave, banner headlines with the seriousness of death in them - there was nary a Bush or Gore to be found...