Word: logicality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...King Stag, written in 1762 by Carlo Gozzi in revolt against the realistic naturalism of contemporary theater, is a feast of the imagination with the technique and logic of the commedia dell'arte, Italy's native improvisational comedy. The third Gozzi production directed this year by Andrei Serban. The King Stag is a fairy tale set in the oriental kingdom of Serendippo where the good king Deramo is looking in vain for a worthy wife. His trusted but treacherous minister. Tartaglia, tries to insinuate his own daughter, Clarice, into the king's affections to distract the king from the beautiful...
...blindly loathe one's opponents, as do many Mondale supporters in this election. Harvard students, Mr. Hirschorn, should not be so blinded by utopian idealism that they ignore reality and pragmatism. An intelligent voter should consider the validity of each party's position and make his decision on informed logic, not just noble sentiment. Stephen L. Ascher...
...many Americans, the notion of a space-based strategic defense had an appealing logic. For decades, each of the two superpowers had relied on the threat of massive retaliation to discourage nuclear attack. Proponents of Reagan's plan argued that a true defense was more plausible and moral...
...clear standout among the young companies has been LSI Logic. Since it was founded in 1981, the Silicon Valley firm has become a key supplier of customized logic chips to major computer makers, telecommunications companies and the aerospace industry. LSI President Corrigan, former chairman of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, boasts that his engineers apply "more brains per square inch" to the task of designing chips. Investors seem to agree. LSI Logic was able to raise $152 million by selling stock to an eager public...
...cast to the complexities of a story that involves locations in five countries, so tightly does Hill run his shuttle service between them, that there is no room for a particularizing word or gesture from anyone. The true subject here is the logistics of moviemaking, not the more wayward logic of history-tormented hearts and minds...