Word: classicall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Empire's Clerks. In part, independent India's university problem is the product of its British heritage. The system that the British colonial rulers inaugurated 125 years ago gave them plenty of English-schooled clerks and civil servants-and gave the aspiring Indian the prestige of a post...
When diehards denounced Dr. Antonakaki for bringing in "alien American influence," she retorted: "Heraclitus [circa 500 B.C.] was the first pragmatist," and he believed that the educator "establishes the productive relation of knowledge to life." She put her theories to the pragmatic test by founding a school in Piraeus where...
It is also one of the least visited. The sere, solemn world of Leptis Magna lies 76 desert miles east of Tripoli on Libya's Barbary Coast, reachable only by primitive bus or costly taxi. There are no guards in sight, and visitors often go home with a bit...
Particularly impressive are Michael Wager's Malcolm and Lee Richardson's Ross. In his big colloquy with Macduff, Wager speaks with clarity, conviction, and nice rhythm. And, since Malcolm is the last person to speak in the play, it is good to have someone in the role who excels in...
Experimenting with the form of classical tragedy, Mr. Miller has introduced a pseudo-Greek chorus in the character of Alfieri, the neighborhood lawyer who comments on and occasionally participates in the action. This part is intelligently and movingly played by Dean Gitter, though one might wish he had chosen either...