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...white doctor and orderly risk theirjobs to help, symbolically with blood on theirhands. The doctor asks, "Did you know when youbrought her here that she was dead?" The ensuingmonologue is badly handled. Indeed Mascoll is theweakest of the cast's links. From beginning to endhe is inconsistent with focal points and oftenspeaks in an unnaturally high register. In factthe one area where he maintains consistency is inhis shellacked and overacted presentation oflines...
Cape Town, the capital city where Nelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from 27 years of imprisonment, is the focal point of South Africa's celebration. In the harbor on Robben Island, where Mandela spent most of his internment, an eternal flame of freedom will be lighted during a ceremony that will be televised around the world. "We are planning a message of light and of hope," says David Jack, who heads the Waterfront Project, one of the world's most ambitious dockland developments. The 15-year, $500 million undertaking, which includes five-star hotels, restaurants...
...wasn't always this way. At the first festival, in 1925, known then as the "Blessing of the Blossoms," the focal point was a prayer service conducted by two local ministers in praise of cherries, though there was also a parade featuring Spanish-American War veterans. And even this inaugural celebration had underwriters: the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs covered the day's expenses. While few pine for such simplicity today, some festival participants found it a particular outrage that the quintessential cherry product, pie, had been essentially hijacked by the deep-pocketed, frozen-food mass marketer Sara Lee. When...
...capstone of these efforts is the new Asia Center, headed by Vogel. This center coordinates the focal points of Asian study already in existence while fostering comparative work...
...outside world often does not know whetheror not Radcliffe is still a traditionalundergraduate institution," says Tamar March, deanof educational programs at Radcliffe, who prefersto frame Radcliffe as "a focal point for theadvancement of women and a beacon of intellectualvitality for undergraduates [and others...