Word: fashionable
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Most of the play is a treat to watch. The capable acting is complemented by an imaginative set, which suggests the salons and bedrooms of upperclass chateaux. The period costumes are similarly impressive, and fashion reveals much about the social situation of the characters in the play. At one point, La Marquise de Mertueil remarks that La Presidente de Tourvel is a frump, with her "bodice up to her ears in case you might catch a glimpse of a square inch of flesh." The tense music and occasional operatic singing that bridges the scenes is also a nice touch...
...thumbnail sketch of New Hampshire politics, one need only look at the license plates, emblazoned with the motto live free or die. In true libertarian fashion, New Hampshire imposes neither income nor sales tax on its residents. Not surprisingly, the G.O.P., protector of low taxes, small government and free enterprise, has dominated politics here for most of the century, and currently the Governor and the entire congressional delegation are Republican. But things are a little different this year: the Democrats have a shot at two of the three congressional seats up for election...
Verga, another nonpolitician diving into politics, says he's a fed-up citizen who wants to see new leadership and accountability in government. In classic Republican fashion, he attacks the liberal Schumer as a "tax-and-spend" lawmaker, and in a mostly white, middle-class Brooklyn and Queens district surrounded by encroaching inner-city slums, he points out that high taxes have not helped to combat drugs, unsafe streets and an unraveling school system...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We should not be so distressed about the geometric correctness or abstract value of a congressional district, but instead glory in our ability to fashion peaceful and tolerable remedies to one of our longstanding social ills...
Johnson, a familiar face in the district where he's a longtime TV news anchor, won the Democratic primary in bittersweet fashion: on the morning of his victory, his mother died of cancer. Education is the key issue of his campaign, and he says schools should provide all children with the "right to try." Johnson will need all his name recognition in this predominantly Republican district...