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...play centers on upper-class society, but most of the powerful scenes take place in offbeat situations, like a secret meeting in the red-light district and a midnight cross-dressing spree in an outdoor produce market. It is the servant couple, played by Karen MacDonald and Thomas Derrah, who hilariously propel the plot through some of its most crucial twists and turns. Their second act tryst summarizes all the characters’ struggles between the forbidden desires, ethical dilemmas and stifling social conventions which they constantly confront in their lives...
Alice Ronchetti and Karen O’Brien, his union representative, said his troubles at the laboratory go beyond the accusation of the stolen drill...
Parents are making changes too. Alice and Craig Tillman enforce a library-like atmosphere--no telephone calls, music, TV or video games--while their four kids do homework. Karen Cross, Sterling's mother, says she and her husband were angry and confused when Sterling's older brother and sister got poor grades. "Knowing it's a good school system, you assume that once you show that you're educated and involved parents, the teachers will take it from there," she says. "So when the problems persist, you think it can only be because you're black." Gradually, through conversations with...
...determined the outcome. None of them seem to be holding up. Why, for instance, did Bush win many Florida counties where the majority of registered voters are Democrats? Those areas in the northern and central parts of the state have long traditions of voting Republican in presidential contests. --By Karen Tumulty...
...backing Dean for a few more days as Vilsack decides whether to make a bid. Among others being mentioned: Bill Clinton strategist Harold Ickes and former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen. The outcome is hard to predict, as it involves muscling votes among notoriously slippery party insiders. --By Karen Tumulty...