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Bring on the chamber pots and powdered wigs! Don't be turned off by a dry title announcing a seemingly dry period of history. "The Madness of King George" is a wild ride in a staid carriage. Virtually identical to British playwright Alan Bennett's very successful original stage play, Nicholas Hynter's film is not only great entertainment, but quality cinema...
...Bennett recognizes a certain debt to a famous predecessor. As George recovers from his illness, he reads aloud from "King Lear" with his doctor. Bennett's king, however, is not about to be destroyed by his heirs and followers like his Shakespearean predecessor...
REBECCA L. BENNETT...
...Introductory classes play a large service role since many students take them to fulfill concentration or grad school requirements." Friend says. "That's why it's hard to have a class like Chem 8, which functions ideally with about 15 students. "It's not the traditional approach."CrimsonRebecca L. Bennett...
...former Education secretaries, Republicans William Bennett and Lamar Alexander, say the Cabinet department should be abolished and its work left to the states and communities. "Most federal programs can be done elsewhere," said Bennett, who headed Education under President Reagan. Alexander, who held the post in the Bush Administration and plans to run for president in 1996, suggested a deregulated, locally-run education system composed of charter schools. The two addressed a conference sponsored in part by Empower America, the conservative politcal group that Bennett co-chairs...