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...freewheeling, sexually adventurous, pre-AIDS club world is vivid, uncompromising and often funny. And as a study of the perils of fame, the show is miles beyond the other biographical musical playing down the block - The Boy From Oz, a candy-coated account of the life of pop star Peter Allen. With the exception of O?Dowd, who?s a little stiff as Bowery, the cast is superb, especially Morton, a sweet-voiced doppleganger for Boy George, and Esparza, an electric Broadway star, who touches the humanity behind the high-camp shallowness of Sallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rosie?s Bum Rap: In Defense of Taboo | 11/18/2003 | See Source »

...SATs are testing more advanced math and higher-level reading skills, and to that I say, Finally! The controversy over possibly declining scores proves that it is right to make these substantive changes. It's a test; it's supposed to be hard! PETER MOTTOLA Neptune City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 2003 | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...from the military three years ago, a move Washington supported. By providing advanced weapons and training, however, the U.S. is sparking concern that the police might use them for more questionable purposes. "If you give them this type of equipment, it is not a police force anymore," says Peter van Tuijl of the Partnership for Governance Reform, an international organization helping to reform Indonesia's police force. "It blurs the distinction between police and military." Santiago Villaveces of the Asia Foundation, an NGO working on democracy, law reform and civil-society issues in Indonesia, says, "This is militarizing the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police Academy 1 | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes then stepped up to the podium to praise Illingworth and share memories of their many years working together...

Author: By Nalina Sombuntham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deans Bid Musical Farewell to Illingworth | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...which we obtain full transparent agreements with countries of similar economic status. What's the point of fighting with one arm tied behind your back with a country that does not have the same environmental or labor laws that we do? It's the law of diminishing returns. Peter Chung Berkeley, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the U.S. pursue free-trade policies? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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