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Fortunately for Clinton, he will take office with high hopes from voters and far more business backing than perhaps any other Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House in 1933. "You just can't get the country moving again without the help and support of the business community," says Young of Hewlett-Packard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Can He Do? | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Ever since Ben Franklin began experimenting with electricity, the strength of American science has been the freedom it gives bright people to follow their curiosity. Today federally supported science is an enterprise unique in government: it is largely directed from the bottom up, driven by the ideas of individual scientists. In exchange for this freedom from political meddling, scientists promise enormous social benefits, from increased prosperity to better public health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science's Big Shift | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Once upon a time "Harvard" was merely a last name. If generous John had had a different surname, we might all root for "Mother Taylor" in The Game, or wear sweatshirts reading "FRANKLIN" or "MILES STANDISH...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: A Place Called Harvard...What's in a Name? | 11/21/1992 | See Source »

...farcical story of a married couple, the husband's parents, the wife's lover, and a female servant whom every man on stage wants to bed. The couple's marriage has lost its passion. Kerstin (Emily Hsu) has fallen for the itinerant Axel (Paul Vietzen), while Knut (Alexander Franklin) spends a considerable amount of time in the garden with the servant Adele (Maria Padilla). Knut's father, played by a singularly hilarious Andrew Sean Kuan, divides his time reciting obscure biblical proverbs, trying to woo Adele and attempting to foil the nascent love affair between Kerstin and Axel. Knut...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying Dues To See a Good Play | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...beat, fun show. While the script is less than compelling, the acting is uniformly outstanding. Kuan's bumbling, over-the-hill father is spectacular. Hsu and Vietzen make Kerstin and Axel's affair believable, though their kissing scene is a bit frenetic. And as Knut, Franklin is downright bizarre in an appealing, homey...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying Dues To See a Good Play | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

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