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King and Nadja B. Gould, a former UHS research assistant in psychology, uncovered this pattern in a study this past summer, which culminated in a paper entitled "Patterns of Tobacco Use Among Undergraduates at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges...
...PROGRESSIVE ERA in the United States was marked by a proliferation of gentlemen who made their fortunes dealing in commodities. Combining speculative acumen and luck, such celebrated tycoons as Jay Gould and John Astor made millions. These men stood out not only for their propensity to convert their wealth into meretricious symbols like mansions and Rolls-Royces, but also for the ethos they exemplified. The Goulds and Astors represented a conspicuous clan of moneyed men who spouted the ideals of voluptuous womanhood, the omnipotent buck, and masculine supremacy. Eve Merriam's play, The Club, depicts one evening in the lives...
...rying. An aging writer (Larkin Ford) thinks the governess's story might make a good plot for his next novel. Her ex-fiance (Lucien Zabielski) throws himself at her feet in the belief that she tried to commit suicide out of love for him. Her former employer (Gordon Gould), the fa ther of the dead child, turns out to have been her adulterous lover. Yet, in seek ing the truth each character continues to live out a lie. Why? The governess offers an answer in a gently despairing voice...
Brill is affecting as the governess, Gould radiates sensual magnetism as her employer lover, and Zabielski is ardent and elegant as the ex-fiance. But the dry winy brilliance of Pirandello dominates the evening. He carved out the themes of loneliness, absurdity and alienation, and in the 41 years since his death, serious modern drama has become a realm of metaphysical dread of which he felt the first tormented shudder...
...hotels now have space reserved for pin play. A Midwestern firm has installed pins to keep its salesmen on a competitive kick at lunchtime. Celebrated pinball addicts-who do not call themselves pinheads-include Andrea McArdle, star of Annie; Bill Cosby, Ann-Margret, Mike Nichols, Sammy Davis Jr., Elliott Gould and, of course, Elton John, whose role as Pinball Wizard in the 1975 movie Tommy helped in the gilding of the pins. Elton, for whom Bally named its Captain Fantastic game, has four ringer-dingers in each of his two pads, and has given...