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...recreation facility are under consideration, any renovations to the structure would be complicated by tensions with Cambridge residents. The QRAC’s neighbors, who originally opposed its construction, might be reluctant to see additional renovations, especially since the center is largely underground and would likely be difficult to convert...
...like all stories that pique my interest, in this one, the adults were all wrong. After a year of living with gay men, I’ve become a convert. I know now that Grace—the character, the beauty, my alter ego—isn’t lying when she tells people the best living arrangements involve a mixture of the sexes. My home is my sanctuary and I would rather not share it with anyone lacking a Y chromosome and a strong preference...
...possibilities of theater than most New Yorkers get in an entire season. The plays that succeed on and off Broadway these days are, as a rule, small things: two-and three-character relationship dramas (those big casts cost money!); minimalist exercises in craftsmanship; tidy little plays that convert big subjects into manageable private dramas (Proof, Copenhagen, How I Learned to Drive, to name just a few recent award winners). Plays of epic size and scope, works that examine American history and the American experience, plays that attempt to engage the audience in social and political issues--for those, mostly...
...think he gave up trying to convert me,” he says. “But he was very tolerant...
...Anita Seth put it, “I never believed that it would be possible for us to lose.” But it was possible. In fact, it was inevitable. GESO lost the election because its belligerent behavior angered and disgusted many of the students they sought to convert. Further, GESO lost because their platform of graduate student unionization makes no sense for the academy...