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...Gibson, playing Mrs. Prentice, the cast adheres strictly to the whimsical spirit of Orton's text. The set (designed by Derek McLane) and costumes (by Catherine Zuber) reinforce the historical context of the play. Under the direction of David Wheeler, the A.R.T. production is seamless, except for a few chaotic moments when the stage order unnecessarily falls apart. Overall, however, the play is well excecuted...
Michael P. Grabtree, a worker at the HolidayCraft Fair said, "In a nutshell: It's exciting,it's fun, it's chaotic, it's busy, it's great.It's fun to watch [shoppers] push and shove...
...Great Expectations, by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema (Morrow; $15). Here's a fine choice for a book-loving older child. The story Dickens lived was as dramatic as any he wrote, and the literate text of this fascinating biography deals gently but firmly with his chaotic childhood and disastrous marriage, his spectacular success and the appalling condition of the poor. Detailed illustrations bring 19th century England to life for the young time traveler...
...Judeo-Christian faiths that populated the original colonies, America now encompasses 700 to 800 "nonconventional" denominations, according to J. Gordon Melton, who monitors the proliferation for his Encyclopedia of American Religions. Half of them are imported variants of standard world religions, mostly Asian; the other half a creative and chaotic mix of U.S.-born creeds -- everything from Branch Davidians to New Agers. In the future, says sociologist Wade Clark Roof, "clearly the bounds of religious pluralism will push further and further out, and that's very American...
...point central-committee blueprint outlined the basic themes of reform but was vague on key details. A new system of taxation will require the 30 provinces to pay more to the central government, which collects only about 13% of all taxes paid in a chaotic system rife with inequities. Credit will be somewhat restrained when commercial banks are freed of various obligations to support money-losing state enterprises, but that will be some time coming. Finally, privatization of state-owned companies was acknowledged as a distant prospect -- though the communique made it clear that for the moment public ownership would...