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...changing the play's locale to the United States (though the heaths of England added more to the intrigue of the story) and changing the famous line "I never drink...wine" to "I never drink...socially." Of course, the last of these alterations is probably playwright Ted Tiller's fault, but whoever's fault it is, the change underscores the effect of the whole play--an old story told in a tired...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Stage Fright | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...Harvard's Fault...

Author: By Arnold M. Zipper, | Title: Old Square Goes Yupscale | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...then, when it turns north to New Mexico, keeping as close as possible to the 258 white obelisks that mark the remaining 750 miles of the border from El Paso to the California coast. There is fusion, especially where the two countries meet. But the region is also a fault line where the tectonic plates of nationalism grind away despite such tokens of integration as Big Macs in Mexico City and tortillas in Tucson. There certainly is no identifiable third country in the making here, as popular myth would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey Along the U.S.-Mexico Border | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

What is the cause of this new callousness? Perhaps the fault lies with the media. By watching so many disturbing images of catastrophe and disaster, we have become a hardened nation. Our minds have been over-saturated with images of man's savageness...

Author: By Suk Han, | Title: Now This Is Malaise | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

...when drought and famine were again ravaging this small African country, the aid was not nearly as generous nor as widespread. The only difference was that the second time, famine was not a "hot" news item and received almost no media attention. It's hard to decide where the fault lies, with the media for being too worried about attracting readers with hot news, or with society for not being consistent in its attention...

Author: By Suk Han, | Title: Now This Is Malaise | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

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