Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Camelot, costalot, cutalot" was how its first Broadway director described his own production. Neher and crew chose to avoid extravagance in favor of a minimalist approach: a single bare set--a platform with a "throne" on one end and a ladder on the other--instead of 16 different sets, a cast pared-down from 28 to just eight, one pianist instead of an orchestra, and less than extravagant costumes. These measures give focus to Camelot's story, nicely highlighting its comic verve and the lusty love triangle between King Arthur, his Queen, Guinevere (usually referred to as Jenny...
...serious health hazard. Tobacco companies made a lot of money when people thought it was perfectly safe to smoke a pack or two a day. But prior to the Surgeon General's report cigarette smokers did not choose to begin using an addictive and deadly drug; they chose to use a product that was advertised as being entirely harmless. If tobacco companies made an honest mistake about the health effects of cigarettes, no one can blame them. But if they knew some of the potential hazards of cigarette smoking--and addiction is certainly one of them--without informing the public...
...moot court, a prestigious tradition held yearly since 1911, invites a Supreme Court justice in the fall to hear a team of law students argue a case. The students are chose through several rounds of competition through the fall until two teams of five are chosen to prepare the final case. Two members of each team actually present the case...
Harvard "has been very helpful, in terms of affording us security and allowing us to use the locations we chose," said assistant director Michael Rapley. He said the episode will run at 10 p.m. on one of the first two Tuesdays in December...
...hundred-and-seventy members of the class of 1989 chose Harvard over Princeton, while only 73 turned down a chance to come to Cambridge for a four-year stay at Princeton...