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...together with a troupe of professional-and equally blushing-bridesmaids, add a chorus of dead Baronets, toss in a generous pinch of satire and a large dash of energetic singing and dancing, and you have none other than Ruddigore, or the Witch's Curse, presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players...
Ruddigore was originally intended as a satire of the gauche melodramas popular in Victorian England, according to Brian C. Gatten '01, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players historian. Ruddigore certainly manages to fulfill its role as a mockery, as it pokes fun at the Victorian cult of good manners through the character of the overly-virtuous village beauty, Rose Maybud, whose comical reliance on a book of ladies etiquette is played to the hilt throughout the show. Callan Barrett is perfectly cast as Rose, exaggerating all of her ultra-feminine gestures, right from the outset of her tiptoeing, eye lash-batting...
...know nothing about using a handgun or microfilm but are equipped to tackle today's big intelligence-gathering challenges. These include not just analysis of scientific data intercepted abroad or detection of biological and chemical weapons, but also running techno-spies as field-deployed case officers. Says CIA recruiter Gilbert Medeiros: "We're looking for more of those with a technical background so they can talk technical out in the intelligence-collection world." The CIA, which once recruited at 190 colleges and universities, now focuses on 66, almost all of which have strong science and technical programs. The agency...
Likewise, senior fellows are not are among the prestigious scholars at Harvard. Among the current crop are the society's Chair and Loeb University Professor Walter Gilbert, Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature (not to mention Dean of Undergraduate Education) William M. Todd III and Pellegrino University Professor Robert Nozick...
...that should actually appeal to girls (and even their parents). Krazy, Honey and WooWoo, members of the band Yeah!, have achieved superstardom on every planet but their own, Earth. Here, they struggle with bad gigs and aliens who have crushes on them. Separately, writer Peter Bagge (Hate) and artist Gilbert Hernandez (Luba) have well-deserved reputations as creators of some of comics' most complex female characters. In Yeah!--drawn with a clean line and lively colors--they have collaborated to produce a pop-culture, sci-fi, mainstream comic that finally offers an alternative to Archie...