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...name is Dario Fo, a 71-year-old Italian playwright who produces politically-oriented and often subversive comedy ? kind of like Samuel Beckett meets Tom Stoppard. His most popular plays include "Death of an Anarchist," "Mistero Buffo" ? which harks back to medieval mystery plays with its single performer and religious theme ? and "Elizabeth I," described as "the play Shakespeare never wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Subversive' Wins Nobel Award | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

...Fo, who was not on the short-list of any critic, was a surprise choice ? but that in itself should not be a surprise: The first Nobel Literature Prize was awarded in 1901 to Sully Prudhomme over Leo Tolstoy. The Academy cited Fo for his ability to "simultaneously amuse, engage and provide perspectives." Fo's immortality is not yet assured, however ? after all, who remembers Sully Prudhomme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Subversive' Wins Nobel Award | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard defense, perhaps the best in Division I-AA, was simply overpowering for 60 minutes. The Crimson shut down the Tiger running attack to the tune fo 54 yards and pressured Princeton quarterback Brett Budzinski from all angles...

Author: By Matt Howitt, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football Blanks Princeton in Historic Win | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...percent are under the age of 18. Crime runs high. The twon has between 20 and 40 arrests a year, and a staff of three full-time police officers, "extremely high for town of this size," according to Police Chief Mike Hagley. He says most of the arrests are fo alcohol-related crimes, arrests and burglaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvards of The World | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...camp about a week ago, claim that Israel's plans to withdraw troops and turn over parts of the West Bank to the Palestinians would compromise their security and forfeit Jewish claims to the biblical land of Israel.More skirmishes are certain:while Israeli and Palestinian officials negitiate the expansion fo Palestinian rule this week at a Red Sea resort, other settler groups are reportedly pitching camps as fast as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL . . . ONCE SETTLERS, NOW SQUATTERS | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

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