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...Henry James wrote perhaps one of the most controversial novels of the past century, a novel where two conflicting interpretations are both valid. Is it a ghost story or a psychological drama? The Innocents, an adaptation of the story, is William Archibald's attempt at resolving the issue. Originally meant as a movie screenplay,The Innocents has landed in Currier House, adapted to the stage by director Nicholas Martin...
...Iran initiative secret from foreign policy experts in the U.S. Government even though it was known to a "variety of persons with diverse interests and ambitions -- Israelis, Iranians, various arms dealers and business intermediaries and LtCol North's network of private operatives." Beyond risking exposure abroad, this meant that the "unprofessional" operation was never guided at home by people who understood such essentials as the "situation in Iran; the difficulties of dealing with terrorists; the mechanics of conducting a diplomatic opening." Charged the board: "The operation functioned largely outside the orbit of the U.S. government ((and)) was not subject...
Tour golfers are forever calling penalties on themselves for imperceptible violations. Preparing to putt at the past Westchester Classic, Raymond Floyd noticed the ball move microscopically and docked himself a stroke. He fell out of contention, but the shot still meant $4,500 in lost pay. Twice, that same situation has cost Tom Kite tournament championships and a total of $59,800. Such scrupulous honesty is the rule in professional golf, though there are exceptions. Using her trusty antitrust iron, Jane Blalock once had to go to court to fight off a lynch mob of fellow competitors who wanted...
...know why," remembered Begun. "Just before the beginning of February they put me on a 'strict regime.' I felt that liberation was near, so I did not know why they changed me from the ordinary regime." If he did not know what was happening, he knew what strict regime meant: half-rations of about 1,000 calories a day, most of them in the form of coarse black bread, boiled potatoes and cabbage. No sugar. No fat. No meat. No visitors. No mail...
Taubes, who was an applied physics concentratorat Harvard, said he originally planned to writethe book on the events which would lead up to thediscovery of the sixth particle. But "about twomonths into it, there appeared to be somethingwrong," he said. "The breakthrough wasn't what itwas meant...