Word: merely
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...work which first awakened the outside world to the fact that an adult American drama existed which could be considered as something beyond mere theatrical entertainment." Eugene O'Neill wrote this self-assessment in a 1944 letter, and the judgment, while hardly modest, still seems incontrovertible 35 years after his death and a century after his birth. As a young playwright, O'Neill inherited a theater tradition that was principally a frame for gaslighted frivolities. By the time he got through with it, the U.S. stage had become electric, and had learned to accommodate native-grown murder, madness, alcoholism, dark...
...continued vibrancy of his plays -- their ability in performance to command the attendance and attention of a live audience -- has become a matter of some dispute. The centenary has, to be sure, sparked revivals of some of his works by theater groups across the country. But a mere handful of his 50 plays are now resurrected for the theater with any regularity. And of this small sample, which includes Ah, Wilderness! and The Iceman Cometh, only one seems surefire with playgoers and critics alike: A Long Day's Journey into Night, which was published after O'Neill's death...
...makes farming less efficient and forces society to put more land into production, severely exploiting the environment. Furthermore, the intiative is likely to hurt small family farms--who take the best care of their animals--more than anyone, and thus will actually turn domestic animals even more into mere components in the industrial processes of huge corporate agrobusinesses...
Little, if anything, will change in the final club situation because of the council's statement, which comes so long after the peak of debate last spring. It is past the time for mere discussion and statements. After months of debate on the morality of exclusive, all-male clubs on a campus that loudly touts its diversity, most students have made up their minds about whether they believe the clubs should admit women. Those who do, including the council, should demonstrate this belief, literally...
...formality. That nadir arrived for Michael Dukakis early last week. Following his lackluster performance in the second debate with George Bush, stories appeared that the Duke had effectively written off most of the country to concentrate his last desperate efforts on 18 states with 272 electoral votes -- a mere two over the number required for victory -- in which he still had a chance. The reports were denied, but not very convincingly. One poll taken immediately after the debate placed Dukakis 17 points behind Bush, a margin that would be insurmountable in the short time left. Speculation turned to the possibility...