Word: monasticism
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For some actors, the move to Broadway reflects recession cutbacks in Hollywood. Actors who cannot command film work at their asking price often prefer to switch to the stage, which the industry views as a prestigious but separate business, rather than agree to slip back down Hollywood's money ladder...
Cambridge Center for Adult Education--presents The Monastic Haunts of Ireland by George Mahoney. Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge. Thursday, March 5, 10:30 a.m. $1.50 general; $1 for seniors.
When Steinem, now 57, pours a second cup of coffee and writes like she talks, there is no one more fascinating. The only comparable figure in public life is Ralph Nader, and he doesn't manage the trick of combining her monastic commitment with unapologetic glamour that gets her waved...
Predictably, all 10 students are inveterate risk takers who still believe that one person can make a difference. "We all have the fire in our belly," says Sarah Ann Gonzales, a San Diego elementary school principal. "That's what drives us." The choice has exacted a toll. Most are divorced...
From this spooky, arresting premise, Umberto Eco has launched a novel that is even more intricate and absorbing than his international best seller The Name of the Rose (1983). Unlike its predecessor, Foucault's Pendulum does not restrict its range of interests to monastic, medieval arcana. This time Eco's...