Word: orderlies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dark, we learn, it really goes dark), adding to the sense of mystery and building towards the final climax. In fact, when the lights go out for good, DeCleene and the directors seem to have all their bases covered; they play with a number of tricky light devices in order to prevent the audience's eyes from becoming accustomed to the dark (thus making set changes visible). Ultimately, the lighting scheme and technical direction perfectly convey the thrilling novelty of Wait Until Dark--when the lights go out, we're all alone...
...Monday Nov. 30 the ARCO Forum hosted its most heavily attended event of this year: a speech by George Soros called "The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered." With over 700 people in attendance, security had to shut down the building 15 minutes into Soros' speech in order to prevent more people from packing into the overflowing room...
Soros made his billions as a financial speculator, moving money around the world in different currencies in order to make a profit. At the high point in his career he made $1 billion short-selling the British pound, and became known as the "Man Who Broke the Bank of England...
Soros advocates government intervention in order to protect and promote those things which the free market ignores, what he calls "intrinsic values." But when Soros writes that "society needs institutions to serve such social goals as political freedom and social justice" (as he did in a January 1998 Atlantic Monthly article) the world recognizes him as becoming one of those institutions. Instead of a world government, or international rules of practice, men who have become blindingly wealthy using cutthroat practices in the global economy have become institutions of great power. These men are either a George Soros or an Osama...
...Drag, Too" (Opinion, Dec. 10) is both historically inaccurate and fundamentally misrepresentative. We do not want to belabor his lack of research, but if he wishes to open a dialogue about the status of the Pudding show, as he claims, he should have contacted someone on our board in order to get his facts straight...