Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...executives are considering codes of good labor conduct. Many Americans, now accustomed to boycotting lettuce, grapes and tuna fish for humanitarian and ecological reasons, are shifting their scrutiny to the conditions under which their running shoes and their kids' toys are produced. Those conditions often include a sweatshop pace, low wages, long working hours and little freedom for workers to organize or speak their mind...
...That will be a real problem for theatergoers who aren't familiar with the story. At the same time, even those who don't know Wagner well may feel cheated that this Wagner parody doesn't even try to lampoon his scores. There are few pauses in the breakneck pace and very little in the way of real invention. Still, to any survivor of a real Ring cycle, it's refreshing to hear Wotan yell to his old enemy Alberich at the end, "Are you fryin' or drownin...
...nice change of pace from the typical Harvard stress," said Dan Arbelaez '97. "It's a great place to mellow out on Thursday...
...recommending that Americans "hold it" rather than use public bathrooms; the audience stops laughing during the interludes, when one realizes that the government's warnings about AIDS are not always helpful, and membership in certain "high risk" groups becomes as stigmatizing as the disease itself. The disjointed, bewildering pace of the play also tacitly conveys the unpredictable and devastating ravages of the disease, both on the body and the psyche...
...Coleman Swart said he ordered the pause to try to corroborate a Republican radio talk show host's allegations that undocumented aliens and minors had sent in fraudulent ballots. Meanwhile in Maryland, the gubernatorial contest between Democrat Parris Glendening and Republican Ellen Sauerbrey is down to a snail's-pace absentee ballot count in two counties -- caused in part by thousands of detailed challenges recently mounted by Sauerbrey.Post your opinion on theElection '94bulletin board...