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...School for Wives, like Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, deals with the themes of romantic intrigue and thwarted intentions. The play tells the comic story of a wealthy old suitor, Arnolphe (Jona Sacks) whose efforts to marry the lovely young Agnes (Carolyn Rendell) are bested by Horace (Chris Javornik), the handsome charmer whom Agnes adores. Unfortunately, Horace does not know that he and Arnolphe share a common interest, and he unwittingly confides in his wealthy opponent. Arnolphe, stubborn in tradition and beliefs, sequesters Agnes and attempts to sabotage Horace's plans...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: This Play Should Go Back to School | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

...York and Washington). Ten hours later, Aziz announced in Moscow that the Iraqi leadership had agreed to the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all its armed forces from Kuwait. But at the same time, he referred to the entire "complex" of issues, including the need to pronounce invalid all the resolutions that had been adopted by the Security Council after Resolution 660. Then he left the Soviet Union for Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: My Final Visit with Saddam Hussein | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...Evergreen, Colo., retreat for $650,000, and his ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas, went to Nelson supporter John Arens for $203,000. The IRS claims that Nelson owes the government a total of $16.7 million for failing to file tax returns from 1975 to 1977 and for taking invalid deductions. The singer is suing the firm Price Waterhouse for $6.5 million, accusing the accountants of providing him with bad investment advice on tax breaks. (The firm denies the charge.) But Nelson's style has not been cramped by financial problems. Last week he said he will embark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: The Ballad of Willie's Woes | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

...proposed law also contains a provision that if any sections of the law are held to be invalid, all other sections of the law are to remain in effect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Referenda: From One to Six | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...hear Saddam Hussein tell it, he and the leaders of Israel are involved in similar altercations with the United Nations over real estate. In most respects, the comparison is as invalid as it is invidious. Most, but alas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: How Israel Is Like Iraq | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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