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...also along these lines that the circumstantial humor of The Cocktail Party thrives. Reminiscent of latter-day sitcom standards, much of its humor is based on the sudden ironic entrance of various cast members. For example, in the midst of a weighty discussion between the "Unidentified Guest" and Edward Chamberlayne (Sam Shaw '99), the troubled husband whose marriage is the subject of the play, the hysterical, aunt-like Julia (Emily Stone '99) rushes in to retrieve her lost umbrella and maternally questions Edward about his seemingly drunken companion. We wish we could parrot her seeming naivete...
...Hillel building, built in 1994, Jews and non-Jews alike eat in its dining hall and learn from its classes and its speakers, which in the past year have included Cornel R. West '71 and Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Breyer. Buddhists, Hindus and members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and other smaller groups should also not be forgotten...
...being taken to heart by Britain's leading middlebrow newspaper, the Daily Mail. That the source is so well respected is a sign of things to come. The next stage in Diana deification begins when the official government memorial is constructed -- on a site almost certain to become a latter-day Lourdes...
...gorgeous, gasp-inducing spectacle. And most of the time, it works dramatically. The fable of Simba the lion cub, who believes he has caused his father's death and exiles himself out of shame, is perhaps the most powerful of all the Disney latter-day cartoon myths. The story still depends too much on the exaggerated villainy of Simba's uncle Scar (John Vickery, nicely reprising Jeremy Irons' silky voicing of the character in the film); can't a kid disobey his father without help? And some of the comedy here, especially Geoff Hoyle's hammy-English-butler routine...
...Latter-Day Students Association, the group of Mormon students on campus, meets weekly for spiritual thought and other activities in Memorial Church...