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...GLORY OF LIVING "He's mean," says the young girl of the man who has kidnapped her. "He is?" replies the man's abused teenage wife and partner in crime. No social critic could express with more eloquence or economy the plight of the white-trash couple Rebecca Gilman chronicles in her deadpan, slice-of-lowlife drama. This 1997 play, having its New York premiere in a fine production directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and starring Anna Paquin, is a stunner...
Though the recession's bloodletting diminished last month, to about 180,000 layoffs--down 25% from the record set in September--it continues to make news. Last week American Express announced it was shedding more than 5,500 employees--on top of the 7,700 it cut earlier in the year. Similar dire notices came last week in industries as diverse as health insurance (Aetna), semiconductors (Applied Materials) and automotive products (Delphi). Fear of job loss is spreading among workers in retailing, which is expected to downsize sharply in 2002. Even the booming health-care sector isn't safe...
...sports as a competitive clash of personalities as well as bodies, of will matched against will. Athletes are personalities, and the best of them bleed these personalities with every movement they make on the field. When sports are played at their highest level, we go to see the person express himself through actions often more compelling and articulate than speech. Why shouldn’t they let the full extent of those personalities shine on the periphery, as well...
...whose originality is striking. Worse still, there is no option for those who might wish to vote for someone other than the current candidates. Due to a change in election rules, there will be no write-in candidates this year, an unfortunate limitation on students’ ability to express their preferences...
According to Dukakis, Amtrak’s Acela Express serice—a high-speed train running between Boston and Washington, D.C.—will provide 10 frequencies each day after the first of the year...