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Gilbert and Sullivan purists will hate the The Hot Mikado, at Washington's Ford's Theatre and apparently on its way to Broadway. Musically, they will deplore the conversion of W.S. Gilbert's candybox-pretty score into swing, jazz and gospel arrangements that bounce like the 1940s. Lyrically, they will ask themselves which is worse, rewriting some of Arthur Sullivan's urbane verse (one big laugh comes when Katisha, a scorned lady of the court played as a black street diva by Loretta Devine, screeches, "You piss me off!") or rendering much of what is left all but unintelligible through...
...Three auto exports from the U.S. and Canada to Mexico for the first quarter reached 9,925 units, compared with 9,479 exported during all of 1993. Chrysler, Ford and GM are expecting to export a combined 55,000 cars and trucks to Mexico...
...University is losing its cohesion and the power is distinctly shifting to the administration," says Ford Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus David Riesman...
Former Dean of the Faculty Franklin L. Ford, who is McLean professor of ancient and modern history, says it is "much more difficult to find faculty who are willing to take on important tasks" today than it was during his time as dean...
...Crimson (19-8 overall, 5-0 Ivy) was without the services of two of its best players--senior standout goalie Amber Keasey and freshman driver Missy Ford--losses that probably would have spelled disaster for the team in earlier years...