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That’s not an easy message to accept and Three Sisters is daunting because it forces its characters and its audience to confront the notion that reality endures even after dreams fade away. Though the production does not always make its points in a clear fashion, which is vital to maintaining interest and understanding with such a difficult piece of work, the quality of the individual performances helps this Three Sisters achieve much of the poignant beauty of Chekhov’s words...
...this is the “new normalcy,” I despise it and it makes me terrified. While I think we should be strong, move on, support each other and recognize the tremendous courage of the firefighters who died at Ground Zero, I think we need to confront our fear. We need to realize that this New Normalcy is unacceptable, and that our fear is not only inevitable, but that it is honest and healthy...
...PSLM also had to confront the question of whether students can ever protest on behalf of workers...
...safe to expect scores to improve incrementally over the next few years, but there will be no sensational jumps like this past year. Cambridge, and the state, must confront the shameful fact that, if these tests are maintained as a high school graduation requirement, thousands of otherwise-qualified students are going to be denied a diploma because they did not pass one standardized test...
...what we did before, as though ignoring the threat is a patriotic duty. The tension embedded in this task is reflected in the White House as it argues about what tone a deeply worried but naturally optimistic President ought to set. Even as the national security team works to confront the new threat, political operative Karl Rove serves as the West Wing's unofficial Secretary of Normalcy. It was Rove who, in the first weeks after Sept. 11, lobbied Major League Baseball to improve safety so it could resume play as soon as possible. He has staged the events...