Word: calme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...absence. Livingston's position may be secure, but Majority Leader Dick Armey is in the fight of his life -? against a telegenic former pro footballer (Steve Largent) and a sympathetic female figure (Jennifer Dunn). All of which left observers wondering: Is this the way Newt wanted it? Calm before him, chaos after? "His party definitely wants to keep him in the game," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. That would certainly help the Speaker in any presidential bid two years hence -? about which the newly proclaimed "active citizen" was saying nothing...
...that changed in 1996. That year, a coalition of 21 herbal-product makers devised a plan to bring more kava to American shores and shelves. Using aggressive ad campaigns, they quickly raised the profile of the root. When word began circulating that kava might have the power to calm--and when ABC ran a story to that effect--the herb found a ready market. Says Mark Blumenthal, executive director of the American Botanical Council: "There are an increasing number of people interested in the idea that natural is better...
...Food and Drug Administration is less calm. Neither it nor anyone else knows precisely how kava works. The prevailing thinking is that its active ingredient is a class of molecules known as kavalactones, plant metabolites that affect the limbic system, the emotional center of the brain. According to Cass, kava works on the same amino-acid sites as Valium; while Valium binds to so-called GABA receptors, kava causes more of them to form...
Leading actress Tegan Shohet '01 artfully portrays Celimene, who deftly manipulates her suitors and rivals with seductive charm. Shohet is probably the least exaggerated of the characters; her calm control reminds audiences that she is running the show. Her greatest exertions accentuate Celimene's sexuality, tempting Alceste with a stocking-clad leg or suggestive negligee. One of the best scenes in the play has Celimene transforming Alceste from an indignant suitor into a groveling wretch. As she humiliates Alceste into wearing a ridiculous feathered band, the audience sees Celimene at the height of her coquettish powers...
...play keeps going strong right through the end. In the final analysis, the characters face the struggle of choosing between rudeness and politeness, hypocrisy and honesty. Ruiz at first seems to side with Alceste and his obsession with frank expression. The disenchanted reporter seems oddly calm as he packs his bags, forsaking his love to escape the corrupt society of man. Celimene, on the other hand, sits alone, quietly nursing a drink as the lights fade out on her shattered world. Shohet's soulful portrayal of Celimene's despair would be a perfectly fine way to conclude the play...