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...truth, Lear was beset by specific afflictions that would have excused bitterness, something he never showed. He was an epileptic subject to almost daily seizures, a syphilitic and a homosexual. The Victorian world provided no palliative drugs to mitigate his diseases. Homosexuality had not yet achieved the modern status as a Third Sex International. It was still the love that dared not speak its name. A succession of handsome, brilliant boys haunted his imagination and became recipients of the best of his wonderfully funny letters; those who stirred his hopeless love were unaware of the nature of his affection (only...
...Theater 7 production now running at the Park Square Motor Hotel, The Fantasticks is presented with zest and with an understanding of what this kind of half-serious Little Mary Sunshine romance is about. Boy and girl are beset by their conniving fathers, who arrange for a cowboy, a tired Shakespearian actor, and an Indian to stage a "quality rape" of girl so that boy may save her and their marriage may be lasting. This results in immense confusion, but the evils of the world and the power of Love are established on the way to a happy ending...
...tragedy marked still another lengthy setback for the Sealab project, which is already about two years behind schedule. Designed to help man learn the techniques and develop the equipment that will enable him to live and work for long periods under the sea, the project has been beset by delays. First there was a steel strike; then some of the steel that was delivered turned unexpectedly brittle at low temperatures. Redesign of the oxygen system was called for after the fatal Apollo fire, and that was followed by a series of seawater and helium leaks. At week...
...bloc of 177 members in the Chamber of Deputies is the second biggest, after the Christian Democrats, and makes it impossible for the Christian Democrats to govern except through a coalition. The coalition-Christian Democrats and Socialists-is increasingly shaky, and the new government of Premier Mariano Rumor is beset by accusations of disintegrating education and welfare programs, widespread unease over the increasing power of government and private corporations, and a general charge that Christian Democrats have lost touch with the people. Even in the midst of "II Boom" of Italy's thriving economy, the Communists continue to increase...
...corporate chiefs, who have long complained of a profits squeeze, fared better in 1968 than they had any reason to expect. They were beset by rising labor and material costs, year-long predictions of imminent economic slow down and the 10% income tax surcharge. But the slowdown never materialized, and many companies managed to offset higher costs and taxes by increasing their prices and generating more sales. The results from early-reporting corporations indicate that after-tax prof its climbed by 6% from the $48 billion of 1967 and at least equaled the $51 billion record...