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...clouds gathering over her, Jessica seems cheerfully unaware of her situation. When photographers descend to capture these last days, she holds her parents by the hand and breaks into the Barney theme song. "I love you, you love me," she sings, as her parents chime in gamely. "We're a happy fam-i-leeee...
...begun to strike sparks. Science, maintains Appleyard, devalues questions it can't answer, such as the meaning of life or the existence of God. Its relentless advance has driven the magic out of the world, leaving us with nothing to believe in. With no standards, liberal democracies descend into moral anarchy and cultural relativism. Once Galileo looked through that telescope, it seems, the Los Angeles riots were only a matter of time. Science, he concludes ominously, must be "humbled...
Many graduating seniors will shortly ascend (or descend, depending on your perspective or your politics) to business offices across America. Heed this warning now--how far your career gets depends directly on how you treat the clerical staff. They are not your servants nor are they there to take the blame everytime you screw up. Say "please" and do the little stuff on your own (it won't really hurt your dignity to address that letter yourself) and you will find that, come crunch time, the secretary will drop everything to rush your report to the Federal Express Office...
...will determine just how much anger is pent up in the city's poor districts. In the well-off neighborhoods, the fear of new riots rose on an updraft of rumor. This time the gangs would not be content to bounce the rubble in their own neighborhoods but would descend instead on the suburbs. On a radio call-in show, a young gang member said he plans to raid the "three Bs," meaning the rich domains of Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills. One rumor had it that thugs planned to disguise themselves with stolen police uniforms...
Shakespeare has the women "camping" out in the forest and in this production they descend each night into a purple pup tent. The colors of the set are the colors of childhood--the bright yellow swing, the bright blue seesaw and the bright red trim on the house all add to the mood Uphoff is trying to convey...