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LIKE A momento mori bared amidst a medieval feast, the Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra horrifies while it captivates, an anomaly in a world of frothy fun and glitter. And like that sobering skull, the play, staged as it is in late July, reminds us that--both literally and figuratively--glorious summer will quickly fade to autumn and winter. O'Neill lets us know that even while comedy and music, sunshine and song still cast their spell, death and decay lurk inevitably in the shadows. They need simply wait...
...analogous to the feeling one gets when successfuly completing a grueling five hour exam the pain is worth the glory. Even those who are not Conservative sympathizers have taken Thatcher's "no free lunch" economics to heart and are he ginning to sharpen their knives for the dinner feast they hope will follow...
While the smaller weekly meetings were said to be enjoyable challenges, active SCA dians confess they were mere stepping stones compared to the one grant-like monthly SCA event. Lasting up to 12 hours, these bashes may include a jousting match, a revel or feast, or the rare Coronation of a King and Queen...
...That feast day does not seem imminent. In spite of the 24-page agreement laboriously negotiated by Lebanese, Israeli and U.S. diplomats over five months, there was little hope that any of the foreign troops now in Lebanon were actually prepared to leave. It was understood by the three countries that Israel would not withdraw its estimated 38,000 troops from Lebanon until the 50,000 Syrian troops and the 10,000 to 15,000 Palestine Liberation Organization commandos had first been removed, and Syrian President Hafez Assad has made it clear that he has no intention of cooperating...
...which has imported most of its wild mushrooms from Europe, will show off its own fungi for European statesmen at the economic summit this weekend at Williamsburg, Va. Their five meals will be based entirely on American ingredients and recipes. New York Times Food Writer Craig Claiborne (A Feast Made for Laughter), the man of all seasonings who was asked by the White House to organize the menus, has concocted a dish of boneless chicken legs and thighs stuffed with chopped chicken liver, wild rice and morels sauteed in butter. The mushrooms may even come from Mesick...