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...METAMORPHOSES A wading pool takes up nearly the entire stage. Ten actors--some dressed in togas, others in modern-day suits--jump in and out of it to re-enact the myths of Ovid. There's Phaeton and his chariot; Midas (in the chair) and his daughter; Orpheus and his underworld voyage. Writer-director Mary Zimmerman's lovely, deeply affecting work (an off-Broadway hit moving to Broadway in March) recaptures the primal allure of the theater--it's fake; isn't it wonderful? Using stage devices that delight with their low-tech ingenuity and a text that modernizes without...
PSLM members predicted “turmoil ahead for Harvard” if University President Lawrence H. Summers does not go beyond the report’s recommendations to enact a living wage tied to yearly cost of living increases and provide better support for unions...
...ethnic Albanian rebels, but withdrew after meeting what one official called "a hostile reception." Western envoys in the country warned the government not to attempt to re-establish control in contested areas until more progress was made on a two-month-old peace accord. The government has yet to enact key provisions that would upgrade ethnic Albanian rights in the country. TURKEY New Moves Ankara edged a step closer toward membership in the European Union when parliament passed a package of reforms allowing more individual and political freedom. Thirty-four amendments to the 1982 constitution include permitting broadcasts...
Last month Illinois became the fourth state to enact legislation that protects a woman's right to express milk at work, joining Hawaii, Connecticut and Minnesota. An additional 20 or so states have programs that encourage businesses to enable returning mothers to continue breast-feeding, allowing breaks and providing someplace other than a bathroom stall to pump...
Hitchcock is lobbying states to enact specialized cyberstalking laws. So far, 33 have. In most of the cases that WHOA tracks, contacting the offender's Internet service provider is enough to make the activity stop. But more than 16% of the time, victims have to go to the police...