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...Playing five wholly different parts is a challenging exercise in spontaneity and stamina, but Kellerman thinks his actors can live up to the endeavor. "Most of all," the director says, "these actors are smart. They have taken hold of their roles, truly creating characters." As the writer of his own script, Kellerman appreciated the opportunity to engage the actors in a dynamic process of verbal revision and growth. "If a line falls flat," Kellerman notes, "I can say, 'Let's cut it or try something else.'" On the other hand, if one of the performers delivers an impromptu funny punch...
...curators also include examples of Watts's subversion of three consumerist and capitalist systems: the bureaucratic system in his attempt to patent the word "pop" and his collection of all "pop"-related patents, the postal system in his endeavor to circulate his own stamps and the monetary system in his attempt to mint his own mock currency. Hastily labeled as subtle critiques of the privileged class's control of aesthetic standards, these pieces are significant for their wit, whimsy, and delightful irreverence...
...research and experimentation with this new supply should not go unchecked. It is certainly a dangerous endeavor, with potentially serious consequences to the environment and to us. Clinton's new regulations will go a long way to supervise the development of this emerging field, requiring all newly created genetically altered food to be documented with the FDA four months before their release to the public. Scientists at the FDA who will regulate the crops' use will examine the research and decide accordingly...
...became unhappy with the results. What had gone wrong? Preoccupied with "understanding," the "New Math" reformers had neglected computational skills. Mathematical understanding, it turned out, did not develop well without sufficient computational practice. Understanding and skills grow best in tandem, each supporting the other. In most areas of human endeavor, mastery cannot be attained without technique. Why should mathematics be different...
Although Ding has had to retire from FAST since she turned 20--the organization is literally run only by teenagers--she says she keeps the poster as a memento of her first business endeavor...