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...rapid shift of much of the University's power into the hands of a new guard came at a turbulent time for Harvard in the midst of preparations for a $2 billion capital campaign that would dwarf any previous campaign in the history of higher education...
...yellow), the sisters offer an unexpected element of hilarity to romance and of mockery to ballet's conservatism. While offering comic relief, the cross-gender casting also fits into the old English tradition of en travestie, linking theater to dance. Finally, stylistically, the stage presence of two giant stepsisters dwarf the waif-like Cinderella, played by Jennifer Gelfand, enhancing the sense of her powerlessness. Between the cross-gender roles and cross-dressing, the many onstage garment changes, and the court jester character reminiscent of Shakespeare's "fools" and "players," Harvard's own Professor Marjorie Garber would live...
...being flogged, each crack of the whip booming like an earthquake from a sound system clearly meant to emulate its subject and raise the dead. On the 72-ft. by 52-ft. stage in front of the film, 12 barefoot Apostles in russet rags were running away from a dwarf wielding a big, white feather and Roman soldiers dressed like Darth Vader. Across the arena, in a distracting reminder of secularity, a vast glowing sign touted the spirituous appeal of Bud Light. At the audience's feet lay crumbs from loaves passed, in keeping with the biblical parable, by dewy...
Ability to pay for talent is a surprisingly difficult issue to analyze because the balance sheets of individual teams are as closely guarded as the intricacies of the CIA budget. Moreover, the ego rewards of owning a winning ball team dwarf the psychic payoffs from traditional business. Henry Aaron -- not the slugger but the Brookings Institution economist -- recently chaired a joint labor-management study commission that examined the finances of baseball. But even Aaron is uncertain whether teams are actually losing the money they claim. "I would like to know who owns the law firm that does the work...
...Beverly Home," the hero undergoes a final rehabilitation. Working at a home for the aged, he literally touches the freaks of age and dementia. Slowly recovering his own health, he embraces both the stupefied, paralyzed and immensely sad inhabitants of the "O-shaped, turquoise blue hospital" and his own dwarf-like, crippled girl friends...