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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plot comes straight out of an "I Love Lucy" episode. Lucy and Ethel go Elizabethan in the wily duo of Mrs. Alice Ford (Martha Warren) and Mrs. Meg Page (Allison Charney). Scheming against their ungainly admirer. Sir John Falstaff (William O. Beeman). The two women inevitably draw their husbands into the affair. Accused of infidelity by her jealous husband (David Williams). Mrs. Ford belts out a couple of high C's in literally one of the highest points in the opera...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Merry Anniversary | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

Warren's professionalism is wonderfully matched in William O. Beeman's performance as Falstaff. With his booming voice and formidable stature. Beeman brings authenticity to his role. His jocund mannerisms further add to the illusion...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Merry Anniversary | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

...Wood said in a critical letter to Tom O'Donnell '47, the chair of the Institutional Policy Committee, "it is particularly important that the separate matter of Harvard's laudable (if small and long-delayed) scholarship and exchange efforts not be confused with divestment. The latter issue is of an entirely different magnitude, since fully 100 times as much money is involved...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Selling the Overseers Short | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

When the buses arrived at the Thomas P. O'Neill Federal Building in downtown Boston, where the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has its regional headquarters, the workers walked into the building cheering, "When do we want? A union. When do we want...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Union Supporters Take Labor Board by Storm | 3/15/1988 | See Source »

Wayne County Prosecutor John O'Hair estimates that 70% of all local crimes are drug related. Much of the havoc is crack fueled. "With heroin addicts, there wasn't this propensity for violent crimes," says Commander Warren Harris of the Detroit police. "Crack is a pick-me-up, a big rush. So there is a tendency to become more active, more aggressive and more violent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The War Is Being Lost | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

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