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...American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) production, under the direction of Marcus Stern, is keenly aware of the subtle emotional requirements of the play. All aspects of the production combine to give a startling and witty interpretation of Durang's wacky portrait of love, marriage and family. Before the actors enter, set designer Molly Hughes' interesting set foreshadows the wacky perspectives that are to come. A traditional, colonial style room resides on a stage that slants forward severely (making one wonder how the actors manage to avoid tumbling straight into the audience) with walls that slant together toward a distant focal...
...really come to this? An institution of Duke's caliber forced to sell itself like toothpaste? Indeed it has. Long gone is the day when Marcus Welby hung up his shingle and started calling "Next" into a waiting room full of patients. People no longer just go to the closest hospital or the one their parents went to. They're reading articles and surfing the Web, and looking at quality rankings. And smart hospitals are out there hustling to win over these skeptical consumers. In the trade, that means having a marketing strategy...
...actually can relate to the pompous professor. My senior year in high school, I wrote an essay on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man in which I boldly asserted that one of the novel's characters, Ras the Exhorter, was based on the real-life black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. I remember feeling the smug self-satisfaction that comes with crafting (what I thought was) an original academic argument. I excerpted the essay on my Harvard application. I wondered--only half in jest--whether it was publishable...
...based on Marcus Garvey?" they asked. So much for my original thesis...
Will sat phones follow suit? Well, here's one clue: in 1979, Neiman Marcus featured a $36,500 home-satellite TV system in its Christmas catalog. This year, its stores are selling Motorola's Iridium handset. Those who buy it will not only be able to call home and wish folks Happy Holidays from their Caribbean vacation this December; they'll also be able to look up and watch the three large-array antennas on an Iridium satellite line up with the sun, triggering a flash of light for careful observers back down on Earth...