Word: beggars
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...there's a heroic generosity about the man that I find enormously appealing. He literally never passed a beggar in the street without giving him money." The softhearted populist is Oscar, not Elvis, and the quote is from English playwright David Hare, whose play about Wilde, The Judas Kiss, opens in New York City this week. Starring Liam Neeson, Hare's play examines the aftermath of the episode when words finally failed Wilde: the trials for "gross indecency" (1890s British legalese for homosexuality) that ended in his imprisonment and ruin but also assured his permanent status as a gay-rights...
...believe that we ignore the homeless to be mean; rather, it is more likely guilt, shame and apathy that prevent us from acknowledging our fellow person. I am not suggesting everyone give money to each beggar they see. I am not even suggesting that everyone have a full conversation with each person they encounter. But I do believe that all of us have a duty to at least recognize and show respect for our fellow human beings...
...than a specific paradise. Regarding heaven's actual "mysteries," he tells the Apostles that it is not given to most people to know them. An exception to this rule is his chilling parable of Lazarus and Dives: The rich master, consigned to hell, lifts up his eyes to the beggar, who has been "carried by angels into Abraham's bosom," requesting that Lazarus dip a finger in some water to cool him. Impossible, says Abraham, for "between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they...
...communist Gennadi Zyuganov? Not much. Clinton had to avoid any overt meddling in the election. He nonetheless missed no opportunity to demonstrate that Russia under Yeltsin is still a member of the Big Powers Club, contrary to communist accusations that Yeltsin has reduced the country from superpower to international beggar...
Epps says "The Beggar's Opera," starring John A. Lithgow '67, was only one of many smash hits the Adams House theatrical team produced during this period...