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...thought that modern technology had hit upon the solution to the Harvard social scene problem. Yes, folks, that's right--science, it seemed, was going to step in and cure our party woes and reinvigorate (or maybe just invigorate) our paltry non-academic lives. This past January, to lavish press and fantastic accolades, two groups of scientists independently reported that, in the words of a New York Times article on the first of this month, "people with an unshakable thirst for new sensations, who are impulsive, hot-blooded, fickle, excitable and extravagant, tend to have a distinctive variant...
...Looking for Richard and the British Twelfth Night, or What You Will, directed by Trevor Nunn, the former Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director who has been named boss of the Royal National Theatre. Branagh has his four-hour Hamlet ready for Christmas. Filmmakers are trying every tactic--cultural intimidation, lavish spectacle, frenzied camerabatics and the casting of young stars--to put the masses in the seats...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Medicare should not be used by Congress as a piggy bank to pay for lavish tax cuts or pork-barrel spending...
BILL CLINTON He nets $4 million for Democrats at lavish Hollywood biggies' cash-raising bash...
...practice of tinkering with shows is not uncommon--tertiary roles are often recast, for example--but this year changes have been far more sweeping. In one of the most talked-about shifts, ABC's drama Murder One, which failed to keep viewers hooked last year despite lavish acclaim, will lose the solemnly didactic lead attorney played by Daniel Benzali. In his stead is younger, rich-of-hair Anthony LaPaglia. Another change: instead of following a single trial over the course of the season as it did last year, this time Murder One will track three consecutively...