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Horrified by the rancor in Florida, the still idealistic freshmen have actually behaved like adults since the election. At last week's welcome dinner for new House members, Democrat Larsen sought out fellow dentist and Republican Charlie Norwood, a Georgian with a perfect rating from the Christian Coalition. They had a good talk about the patients' bill of rights over duck and pasta. Earlier in the week Larsen had returned to his hotel room one night to find a fruit basket. In years past it might have been from his party's chairman. This one was sent by Republican Representative...
...with a few well-picked dramatic allusions. Prime Minister Pitt, for example, was molded on the republican ideal and carried the air of a sad and lonely Robespierre. Christopher Sahm's Prince of Wales and Adam Kline's Duke of York brought a tinge of Oscar Wilde to this Georgian stage. The three incompetent medical men who try to find the key to the king's madness in his stool or his pulse introduce a hint of farce. In the end, all these divergent threads are pulled together by a rigidly orchestrated stage movement. The play gave the impression...
...production's aesthetic line is strictly followed with regard to sound, light and set design. The stage's austerity fits the well-known frugality of the historical George III. Interestingly, the sets seemed to be inspired by French republican and restoration art, rather than by the Georgian tastes of early 19th century Britain. In consonance, the confrontation between Pitt and Fox in parliament was staged in the fashion of an Assemble Nationale, with the two leaders held by spotlights in the center of mural-size doors. Costumes and make-up accentuate the distinction between a humanized George...
...fifty-fifty joint venture, worth about $250,000, between Akshay Urja in Poona, India, and a company called Ekrani in Tbilisi, Georgia, to manufacture solar hot-water-heating systems for sale in the former Soviet republics. The Indian company will provide production technology and marketing savvy, and the Georgian firm will provide raw materials and factory and office facilities. "Neither side committed capital to the deal, and none was needed in order to launch the project," Dichter says...
...Georgian revival architecture of the early 20th century, seen in buildings like the Emerson Hall, could be viewed as a manifestation of the conservative values of an institution once representative of a small, elite segment of society...