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...Wilsonwill put into action his party'scriticisms of affirmative action programsthis week by signing an executive order ending all preferential policies regarding jobs under the governor's jurisdiction. "We plan to make it clear affirmative action is no longer the standard; the standard is merit," said Wilson aide Leslie Goodman. The actual number of jobs affected, notesTIME Los Angeles Bureau Chief Jordan Bonfante, is quite limited. Wilson's order will only affect certain positions under his direct authority, though they will be scattered through 40 programs and 200 volunteer advisory boards. "Wilson's order," says Bonfante, "is primarily a symbolic...
Adams and Sellars are no strangers to topical political controversy. Their two previous operatic collaborations, Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, both set to elegant, literate librettos by poet Alice Goodman, tackled explosive subjects in unconventional ways. Nixon presented a surprisingly intimate, sympathetic portrait of the former President, while Klinghoffer roused the ire of some American Jews with its compassionate presentation of Palestinian suffering. Jordan, the team's new librettist, is a political activist whose lapidary vernacular libretto uses a catastrophic Los Angeles earthquake as a metaphor for the shattering power of love...
Journey to the west, which had its world premiere early this month at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, induces a pair of sensations. First it occurs to you that what you're watching is children's theater. Then you realize how impoverished our notion of adult theater is if we would cede these splendors to children, for this is a play constructed from the rich rudiments of dramatic art -dreams, mime, burlesque, magic...
Council Secretary David S. Goodman '96 saidpopular elections would increase interest in thecouncil by making students feel more responsiblefor council officers...
...People don't care now," Goodman said. "Theydon't have responsibility for what officers do.They can look at them and say, 'Look how bad theyare, ha, ha.' If they've voted for the officers,they'll have some stake in what happens...