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Some political spouses resent the demands life in the public fishbowl makes on their families. One woman recalls being followed into a public rest room and accosted about her husband's position on abortion. Another describes taking a family vacation after a grueling re-election campaign, only to find the hotel telephone ringing off the hook. One political wife even carries a supply of her husband's cards to give constituents who badger her in public. Jeanne Simon, wife of Illinois Senator Paul Simon, tries to head off such pressures by carving out regular private time with the candidate...
...much more relaxed and informal than other a capella groups. You need practically no singing experience to join the Rats, and we really have a lot of fun," she says. The Singing Rats, whose name comes from the "mouse hole," a stage entrance in the Currier House fishbowl, say they do not require the ability to read sheet music...
...Currier House Fishbowl...
...starters, Prascak doesn't bother with any nonsense like putting the play on a stage. Far too simple. Instead, he plops the action at two tables in the middle of the Currier House Fishbowl and places the audience at other tables in a U-shape around them. As a result, the audience sees half the actors from behind for the first act. Once, the actors switch seats so everyone can see their faces. Appreciated, but awkward...
College students and young professionals, particularly Blacks and Hispanics, should help educate Boston's large population of illiterate and unskilled youth, Laval Wilson, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, told a group of 35 students at the Currier Fishbowl last night...