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...longer a section at 20 or 25students," says Higginson Professor of EnglishLiterature Larry D. Benson, who teaches Literatureand Arts A-13. "It is a lecture...
Humor is another tactic. Philip Morris has launched a campaign for Benson & Hedges that satirizes the nation's ongoing antismoking fervor. In the new / ads, smokers puff away on rooftops, window ledges and even airplane wings. The tag line: "The length you go to for pleasure." Karen Daragan, manager of media programs for Philip Morris U.S.A., calls it "our empathy campaign." Says she: "It makes smokers feel like they're not alone out there, and they're not the bad guy -- that they are 50 million strong, and they should be able to enjoy a cigarette in public places...
...Jodi Benson's voice, as the sweet, naive Thumbelina, is clear, pleasant, and familiar--as well it should be, having first buoyed the equally sweet and naive Ariel of "The Little Mermaid." Her voice brings life to Thumbelina's giggling, almost Barbie-like appearance, though her partner Prince Cornelius, a sixteen year old adventurer with a haircut somewhere between a crew cut and a bowl cut, has a voice that seems a little forced in comparison...
...answer is that they are simply perpetuating a great and longstanding tradition. Ever since Wes Montgomery, jazz guitar greats have recorded pop and soul tunes, often in search of crossover success. Inevitably the results are ugly, as with Grant Green, and sometimes they are disastrous, as with George Benson. The latest releases of two young guitar virtuosos catch this fate, Stanley Jordan's new Bolero, and Mark Whitfield's '93 self-titled release. Both musicians began their recording careers with very impressive debuts that drew strong commercial responses as well as critical raves. Yet they share a disturbing tendency...
Pringle admits to the crime, but Benson pleads "not guilty"; the play centers on the lies and truths told on all sides to get him acquitted. To make matters more complicated, a Scotsman Lenny (Michael Fields) is out to get something from Gordon. And greenhouse tycoon Tinker McTear (Richard Yanowitz) has an interest in Benson's future. Although ultimately many of the loose ends are never tied up, the play ends with a sense that everything will turn out as it should...