Word: lavishes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Godspell. Stephen Schwartz's musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, which you may remember from a lavish and innovative film version a few years ago and the AM radio hit "Day by Day." In case you miss this production, the Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid society is resurrecting the show as its spring musical. At the Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street, through January 25. Performances Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday...
Despite the lavish staffing and spending, some students say the extension school promises more than it delivers. Andy Meyer, an executive at A. & M. Records, was disappointed by the "This Business of Music" course. "It got the stars there to talk about their careers," he complained, "but it never explained how the business works." Other extension classes never really get off the ground; about 15% are axed each quarter for lack of interest...
...fourth anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto deliberately kept last week's celebration low-keyed. For one thing, he was well aware that former President Muhammad Ayub Khan had staged a lavish anniversary celebration in 1969, only to be forced from power three months later. For another, he recognized that he was under the strongest attack yet from his political opposition, which declared last Friday a nationwide "Black Day." The opposition's aim: to force Bhutto's resignation...
...children of slaves learned to wait on other (white) children, as well as assist their parents in various menial tasks. Children of the rich were given dancing lessons, learned how to eat, dress, walk, talk in the proper way and, not least, how to give orders and receive the lavish attention and regard of others. There were sleigh riding and ice skating in the Northern colonies, and in the South cockfighting, which was not considered unfit for the eyes of children. In fact, children all over the colonies were taken to watch the public execution of criminals -another "educational" diversion...
Briarcrest Baptist High School, which opened two years ago after the courts ordered busing in the Memphis schools, has just about everything: a lavish $6.5 million building with earphones dangling from the ceiling in language labs, an electric kiln for would-be potters and an enthusiastic and well-educated corps of teachers (40% have master's degrees). Its football team even produced a winning season this fall, despite moving into a tougher league...