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...time--William Charles Macready, Thomas Hamblin, and Edwin Forrest. These performances led to what has become known as the Astor Place Riot--the worst fracas in theatrical history, besides which even the celebrated free-for-all in Paris at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring seems pale. At the final tally in New York, 31 persons were killed and more than 150 injured. Such is the incredible power of Macbeth. Even in an age with less belief in witches than obtained in the Jacobean era, perhaps we must ascribe some of the work's power to the very...
...Pale as a beautiful autumn
...reunion of Princeton's class of 1963 attracted as much buzzing attention as the pale, thin alumnus in a tan summer suit. Well-wishers from the class of 1948 stopped by to shake his hand, but conversation stopped short of his two days of Watergate testimony. Hugh ("Duke") Sloan Jr. was selling his house in Virginia and taking a job with the Budd Company, a manufacturer of transportation equipment in Philadelphia. "What was there to do?" he asked. "I would have just looked as if I was out there trying to slay dragons." Earlier in the spring, Sloan...
Even the most devoted wine drinker may pale on finding that his favorite 1962 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, which just a year ago cost $5.95, is now $12.75; or that a 1967 Lynch-Bages, which was $4 in May 1971, is now $13.75. Traveling from Bordeaux to Burgundy, a 1971 Joseph Drouhin Pouilly-Fuissé, $4.80 last December, is up to $6.65. As for German wines: a 1971 Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese, $6.50 a year ago, is today...
Aside from some such obvious crime, though, any threat from the courts about the President's official conduct seems pale, pragmatically speaking, when compared to the basic sanction of public opinion. That could change. Just before Watergate split wide open, President Nixon was claiming a broad version of Executive privilege and saying, "Perhaps this is the time to have the highest court of this land make a definitive decision with regard to this matter." With the President thus implicitly willing to abide by the result, this may indeed be the time...