Word: brilliantly
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...must intervene when a monopolist abuses its position of dominance in the market. And Microsoft would make the libertarian case that markets work best when they operate freely. But a week into the trial, the real battle seems to be between two warring views of Gates. Is he the brilliant innovator who has brought the wonders of the information age to millions of satisfied customers? Or is he the rapacious capitalist leveraging his software monopoly to crush competitors? How the courts view the world's richest man--his net worth is now upwards of $50 billion--more than what antitrust...
...hands of these extremely able actors,the drama could stand strong on an empty stage,but the efforts of director Nick Parrillo andproducers John B. Cearley '99 and Ali Ruth Davis'00 to capitalize on the details give theproduction its finessed perfection. The set of theMaGrath household is brilliant. The stage isfilled with infinite, touching details--ahalf-empty bottle of diswashing liquid on acluttered counter top, cheap curtains, Coke in therefrigerator, flowered wallpaper--which appeal notonly to the domestic nostalgia of an itinerantcollege student, but to anyone who has ever spenttime in a home kitchen. That the set has runningwater...
...students should see, since many parallels between Evans' burning desire to be admitted to Oxford and our own desires, perhaps long-forgotten, to attend Harvard, can be drawn. The play also makes a pertinent social comment on education and whom it is for--the rich and privileged, undoubtedly, while brilliant and poor students such as Evans must make do with their insecurities and emotional battles. With its supreme cast and relevant social questions, The Corn is Green is truly a production to be seen...
Though one would expect to find Monty Python at the bottom of such a concept, the writers of this ambitious parody were three Californians who had the idea while putting up skits at their local Renaissance Faire. They decided the idea was so brilliant that they wrote down the bare bones of the performance and took it on the road, producing it throughout the known world before retiring and turning the script over to those who need it most; namely, pre-midterm college students with a pent-up urge for nose-thumbing...
...percent) because it is the oldest, most famous and richest institution of higher learning in the country. These characteristics have multiple implications: the Faculty consists of superior minds; the academic resources are unparalleled; the athletics program is well-funded; and the student body is split into overlapping categories: the brilliant or exceptionally talented; the very well-rounded or extremely ambitious; the children of the rich, connected, distinguished...