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...Alliance began its festival as a one-stop showcase for regional reps to view original works. "There are only so many times you can do The Sound of Music," McConnell says. "At the festival we show how to develop a successful musical without the Broadway imprimatur." Last year Alliance theaters mounted 44 productions of new musicals. "The only hope of getting something done on Broadway," says veteran librettist Joe Masteroff (Cabaret, She Loves Me), "is to have it produced first in regional theaters. The festival is a chance to have all the regional people see it at once...
...many who may not call themselves Christian but who nonetheless have a deep, abiding faith in a higher power. Our Founding Fathers saw the wisdom of rejecting any state religion. Yet they also recognized a Creator who endows [us] with "certain unalienable rights." Putting the government's imprimatur on Piss Christ sends a signal that it is acceptable to mock and blaspheme faith in the Creator upon whom our rights depend...
...employees from accepting "expensive" gifts, but no dollar amount is specified. Such vague guidelines are easily gotten around by junior staff members with no clothing allowance. "You can always borrow as much as you want," explains a magazine insider. Meaning: the designer still gets to receive the editor's imprimatur, while the editor still gets to look terrific on a shoestring budget...
...Vatican in particular is exceptionally cautious about granting an event the imprimatur of the church. "Nobody is more demanding than the Roman authorities when it comes to miracles," notes Father John Meier, Bible professor at Catholic University of America in Washington, whose new book, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume II (Doubleday; $35), represents the latest scholarly attempt to meld science and faith. Too often over the centuries, Meier admits, the Catholic Church was taken in by charlatans. When reports spread of statues weeping or crosses bleeding or Jesus appearing on a tortilla, the church is often slow...
...Infobahn a costly and often frustrating experience. High long-distance fees and connection surcharges levied by monopolistic government communications ministries can make the use of the Internet and such services as CompuServe and America Online unduly expensive for ordinary users. Some countries outlaw communications equipment without an official government imprimatur, which can double or even quadruple the prices of such items as modems and two-way telephone jacks...