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There are unquestionably many limitations inherent in musicals. They come off as the performance art of drama; legitimately disrespected because of their artistic fluff, but persistently attempted because they are fun to perform. A little Night Music looks like fun for the chorus who ham up a good farce, but mysteriously the main singers play unconvincingly with dramatic pathos to convey the piece's darker strains. The musical struggles between glib and somber moods, the latter superfluous and unsuited to this piece, creating stylistic tension that director Carolyn Rendell never succeeds in reconciling...
...proximity of the announcer to the action (is that the apt word for golf?) brings the viewer closer to the rowdy action in the stands. Which brings me to another point: Why is the game so precious that the players must perform under complete silence...
Sure, golf takes great concentration, but so do most professions. In baseball, the ball is actually moving, but they perform amidst screaming fanatics anyway...
...what has Wall Street finally wrought at the end of the day? Like nuclear power, derivatives perform a useful function. But they also contain a great deal of risk that must be carefully controlled. "Are derivatives here to stay?" asks Friedman of Goldman Sachs. "Certainly they are. Like many other instruments, they can be used to excess. But they can also be used for extremely beneficial purposes." It will be up to watchdogs in government and on Wall Street to ensure that the beneficial side of derivatives prevails, and that they do not follow pyramid schemes and savings and loan...
...denied he had tried to deceive anyone, but it hardly mattered; he also failed to pay nanny taxes for 1991, and forked over $700 only three weeks ago. When that became public, the White House frostily announced Kennedy would no longer run background checks on potential appointees but would perform less . demanding -- and unspecified -- duties. The betting is that he'll go back to Arkansas as soon as he can resign inconspicuously...