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Separating fact from fiction can be a difficult balancing act, but playwright Anne Washburn has impressively smudged that division, leaving an image of the fantastical nature of evil in its wake. Based on the trial of former Romanian dictators Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu and held together by a thick mixture...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Communist Dracula Wins Pageant | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

If you think you've been on a roller coaster ride watching your brokerage account, spend some time with the professional traders, platform operators, and stock exchange executives who deal with stock prices on a minute-by-minute basis. At Thursday's volatility conference, held at City University of New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Up (Barely) with the Market's Wild Volatility | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

But for all his faults, the Roth of Indignation is interested in subjects outside himself: war, politics, history, death, things that impinge on the warm bubble of self and family. Whereas Portnoy tells his story from a psychiatrist's couch, Marcus narrates Indignation from beyond the grave (or possibly from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Older Writers Revisiting Their Younger Selves | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Misa Kuranaga stole most of the first act as “Blossom,” one of four assistants to the Fairy Godmother, who presides over the aforementioned—magical—backyard garden. In a variation that could not have lasted longer than two minutes, her absolutely...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cinderella Puts On Her Ballet Slippers | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

In his mind, Chambers was responding to a heated (if esoteric) legal battle over the execution of justice in Nebraska. An alleged victim of sexual assault rape victim had sued the county judge responsible for her case because he had refused to allow her to use charged, non-legal terms...

Author: By Bilal A. Siddiqui | Title: Supreme Impiety | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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