Word: moribundity
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...diverse writers as Goethe (Clavigo), Chekhov (Seagull), W.S. Gilbert (who wrote a play let in which Rosencrantz and Ophelia are secret lovers). Philip LaZebnik '75 (whose Mad About Mintz not only parodies Hamlet but is riddled with themes of death), and Paris Barclay '78 (whose ambitious though now moribund production of Niccolo & The Prince featured Hamlet as a major--character), all have pirated shamelessly from Shakespeare...
Thus were seven weeks of rumors dissipated in a puff of smoke. Since Brezhnev vanished from public view on Dec. 24, he has been widely reported to be medically and politically moribund. Some Kremlinologists predicted that if he failed to greet Wilson, who was making his first state visit to Moscow in seven years, that would confirm the direst of long-distance diagnoses. On the eve of the British Prime Minister's visit, the respected Paris daily Le Monde cited "informed Soviet sources" as saying that Brezhnev had suffered a "brutal" relapse from cancer, or, alternatively, cardiovascular disease. Other...
Died. Arthur Judson, 93, a founder of CBS and for decades the American classical music impresario; in Rye, N. Y. After becoming the manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1915, Judson also took on the New York Philharmonic in 1921. In 1926 he bought an interest in a moribund radio station to provide an outlet for his musician clients, nursed it through near bankruptcy, and built it into the Columbia Broadcasting System. "King Arthur's" power in the music world receded gradually after 1936, but he remained active as an impresario well into...
...than 15 employees. But during the legislative debate, Title VII's floor managers made clear that the provision was meant to "have no effect on established seniority rights." Language to that effect was included in the law. Then a series of cases brought new life to the once moribund Civil Rights Act of 1866. That statute sweepingly outlaws all manner of racial discrimination-and makes no special exception for job seniority. And, in a major decision, the Supreme Court indicated that on-the-job practices that tend to foster discriminatory patterns can survive only if justified by "business necessity...
...jitterbug in which the dervishes do have bodily contact-hand, bottom, and shoulder. Apparently invented in gay bars and black clubs, it percolated through the country, catching on in the Midwest, New York City and Southern California. The Kung Fu kick has helped, in the process, to rejuvenate many moribund nightclubs, which serve up karate music as late as 4 a.m. "It's fun and it's easy," says a 15-year-old student from Detroit, "but you have to be extremely careful to space yourself. If one of your kicks connects, your partner...