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There are some moment's when the conceits and the text fall into sync. The little softshoe Latin lesson the disguised Lucentio imparts upon the eager Bianca is such a gem that the eyes dazzle for the next two scenes. Cue cards with handy translations of Key but obscure Shakespearean terms works so well they would be a welcome addition to very would be a welcome addition to every future production at the ART. But if the flourishes are brilliant, the total picture is murky...
Meanwhile, each side tried to divine the other's hand. Britain feared that Peking would make good on its unilateral threat. The Chinese in turn realized that in undermining the colony's confidence, they were in danger of radically devaluing the precious capitalist gem they expected to acquire. After all, the 400-sq.-mi. enclave boasts exports greater than those of the entire People's Republic and supplies China with some 40% of its foreign exchange. Most important, perhaps, Peking hoped that by transforming Hong Kong into a semiautonomous special administrative zone without fuss, it could tempt...
...cameo, a gem of political theatrics last week in the Rose Garden burnished by sunshine and the lovely memory of every American's uncle, the late Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson. It was too tiny a melody for the tin ears of the networks. And yet, those few moments foreshadowed the very bugle call of Ronald Reagan's campaign to reclaim the Oval Office...
...could be anything from great cinema to a collection of the worst films ever shown. If you don't mind taking a chance it will probably be good, or at least different. Usually it will be stuff you never heard of but occasionally they come up with a real gem. This was the first theater in the area to show the complete version of The Seven Samurai. It was also one of the only cinemas around willing to show local filmmakers work. The only drawbacks are that the floor is flat and you have to sit cramped together at small...
Reunions are not by chance Nostalgia needs its antidote, a brief re-creation of those moments of the hard, gem-like flame. So I may finally feel at home in Harvard Square, more, at least, than I ever did back then I am certain to find the same films at the Brattle, the same books in the Coop, and much the same music streaming from the windows in the Yard on those warm, sunny mornings of early summer. What will surprise are the students, how young they will be. Time has passed, and there will come in a rush...