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...tried to recreate the Kennedy-era enthusiasm for public service by pushing through Congress a national service program. But JFK inspired American to perform service ("Ask what you can do for your country") and then provided a vehicle for that service in the form of the Peace Corps. Clinton operated instead on the "if you build it they will come" assumption: Pass the program, and a national sense of community and inter-dependence will emerge...
Perhaps haunted by his weak defense of Clinton in the 1992 debate with Dan Quayle, Gore took control of tactics and strategy. He told his team he wanted to perform in the debate like the newspaper reporter he once was, raising questions and hammering his opponent with facts. He came up with the idea of presenting Perot with a framed picture of Hawley and Smoot, the architects of the 1930 economy-crippling tariff. "Our principal mission," said Gore's chief of staff Jack Quinn, "was to demonstrate that the stuff Perot has been putting out about NAFTA was garbage." Gore...
Although the exact causes are certainly disputable, the detrimental consequences remain the same. The most obvious effect of anorexia is the external decomposition of the body. This emaciation reaches such a level that anorexics lose their ability to carry themselves or perform many of the bodily functions healthy humans perform each day: breathing or walking, for example. In addition, anorexics develop serious gastrinal problems, diabetes and gall-bladder diseases...
There is a great deal of dancing in Drood, all used to good effect (mostly to liven up some otherwise boring dramatic scenes). Under Kaplan's guidance, most of the cast performs energetically if not expertly. Particular note should be made of the four chorus members (Len Levin, Neil Sondheimer, Christine Driscoll and Ariella Migdal) who seem to spend half the play bouncing on stage in various costumes to perform different styles of dance...
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. Perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. Performs Hadyn's Symphony No. 92 and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Symphony No. 28 on Wednesday...