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On success. I've grown fat and rich by discovering the vast Bowl-a-Drome of the American psyche. But I still don't have the guts to buy a pair of lizard- skin boots, although I'd like some. It's just too much money to pay. Part of...
More than a year passed before the "schoale" 's appointed overseers bought the farmhouse, surrounded it with a six-foot fence, planted 30 apple trees and turned over the whole establishment to its first master and sole teacher, Nathaniel Eaton. A poor choice. Though Eaton was a graduate of Trinity...
To reinvigorate the text, Miller and Director Peter Wood have gone back to its beginnings. The inspiration for the piece, Miller acknowledges, was Studs Terkel's sprawling oral history Hard Times. But during pre-Broadway workshops and a Charleston, S.C., tryout, Miller was repeatedly counseled by critics to shift emphasis...
Each participant undergoes "psycho-correctional therapy," which includes lectures and discussions on fighting criminal behavior. Inmates listen to motivational tapes with titles like "Think Positive" and "Improving Relationships." Psychologist Nanolla Yazdani leads spirited talks on psychology and decision making. "You have the guts to break the law," he admonishes. "I...
By replicating the guts of the IBM machine and offering it at a lower price, the compatibles have ushered in an era in which personal computers are commodities that are differentiated not by quality but by price. Indeed, true bargain hunters can even buy so-called clones, which are ultracheap...