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Magnificently true to the spirit of Euripides is Judith Anderson-as well she should be. She acted the title role in the adaptation's memorable 1947 premiere. At 84, Anderson plays Medea's redoubtable old nurse and reaches a peak with the oncoming slaughter of the innocents, vainly attempting to thwart the horror with chilling words of prophecy...
Perhaps the saddest scene in the Sinai was the ruins of Yamit, the Mediterranean coastal settlement (pop. 2,400 at its 1977 peak) that the Israelis destroyed with bulldozers before leaving. Previously the government had hinted that this was necessary to prevent the Israeli settlers from returning to it or the Egyptians from inheriting a city dangerously close to the Israeli border. Last week, however, some Israelis complained that the matter had been settled by Begin and Sharon without consulting the Cabinet or any ministerial committee. Said a puzzled Israeli general: "We should have left Yamit intact and handed...
...almost two years ago to the month that the worst peacetime inflation in American history reached its peak. During the first three months of 1980, consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 17.3%. Many serious economists were concerned at the time that the U.S. might be on the brink of hyperinflation, the politically and socially dangerous phenomenon that occurs when money loses its value and consumers rush to buy before their cash is worth less...
...such time sharing schemes are extremely expensive, since they require open lines to the central computer. They also can become backed up at peak hours, and do not always lend themselves readily to what is the most intellectually demanding use of the computer: learning how to program it. For this, the inexpensive, easy-to-operate personal computer, entirely self-contained and relying on equipment immediately at the student's side, is an ideal instrument-much more "user friendly," as manufacturers like to say, than big machines. Yet even with a handy micro, programming can overwhelm the uninitiated. The programmer...
...match ended the British ruggers' two week American tour, adding to victories over MIT and Columbia and a loss to Yale. After their match against Albany College was snowed out, the team spent the day skiing at Piko Peak...