Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...press corps became supine under Reagan. It took a Lebanese newspaper to break the Iran-Contra scandal. The right-wingers who depicted themselves as journalists were allowed in in the Reagan era. Journalistic objectivity was cast as liberalism. A false polarization of objectivity versus conservatism was created, with each side having equivalent status. On the one hand, "This Week With David Brinkley" features Brinkley, Sam Donaldson, George Will, and then for balance Bill Kristol...
...form over two years ago, and there's no question that Farnsworth mush have moved heaven and earth--or at least the OFA--to get his work from the page to the stage. But the play itself had no more to recommend it than most freshman efforts; and the cast, for whatever reason, didn't add much to its appeal...
...double bill of sex and hilarity, "The Adventures of Captain Neato-Man" and "Sex Lives of Superheroes" came to the Loeb Ex this past weekend. The similar themes and overlapping casts were channeled differently in each play, so while "Captain Neato-Man" depended on its witty dialogue and interactions between the cast for laughs, "Sex Lives of Superheroes" derived its humor from its monologues and its situational premise...
Your first reaction to a comedy album by Adam Sandler might be a quick hang-up as well. But hold on. Sandler, one of the more annoying Saturday Night Live cast members of recent years, reveals some unforeseen talent on his new album, What the Hell Happened to Me? He still lapses too often into juvenile self-indulgence, but the best of his dry, absurdist bits--several aging mafiosi dote on one of their grandchildren; a band of neighborhood pals teases a goat--have more body and feeling for character than anything SNL offers these days. Sandler, it seems...
...Alvaro Fiallos said that it was premature for Aleman to claim victory. The elections themselves were a morass of inefficient bureaucracy, hampered by delays in ballot delivery, tardy officials and power outages. Lines formed before dawn on Sunday, and many voters resolutely waited for two or three hours to cast their ballots. In spite of the hitches, outgoing President Violeta Chamorro called the election a "beautiful process." "This is what I want, that we may continue to build what we started in 1990," she said. "People wanted to vote." ?? Frank Pellegrini