Word: priore
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...Angels in America,” who, as Mormons and gays, represent contradictory elements of life in America, find themselves forced to confront their innate prejudices. In “Perestroika,” the conflict is heightened by the addition of a new dimension: the supernatural. Prior (Jonah C. Priour ’09), whose dignified response in “Millennium Approaches” (part one of the play) to the fact that he has AIDS invites general sympathy and approbation, is increasingly plagued by a mysterious voice.In Act Two, the disembodied voice finally crashes through Prior?...
...Damrosch, in part because of “the exciting opportunity to help remake the department at a decisive new juncture.” According to Owen, the graduate program in comparative literature merged with the undergraduate concentration in literature three years ago, while he was still chair. Prior to the merger, the two programs had no tenure-track faculty of their own. In the fall, there will be four...
...Still, Amnesty's allegations of increasingly aggressive French police activity have not arisen in a void. President Nicolas Sarkozy has largely fulfilled election pledges to impose law and order and respect of authorities by encouraging maximalist enforcement. Even prior to his election, Sarkozy introduced a performance-based reward system that promotes police officers based on various on-duty criteria - including arrest rates. (See pictures of Sarkozy...
...managed to avoid missteps during the highly public summit. He said that the G-20 sent "a robust message" by addressing issues such as the importance of fiscal policy and increased regulation of the markets - arguments he was making prior to the London conference. Japan also took the lead in an international effort to shore up the International Monetary Fund with an earlier pledge to provide the organization with up to $100 billion. The G-20 upped the contribution to $500 billion to help emerging countries that are in dire economic straits. "The IMF's fiscal foundation has been strengthened...
...some prosecutors believe the 2004 reforms were enough and no further reforms are needed. "There is no question you'll get more second and third time offenders," says Michael C. Green, Monroe County District Attorney. "The option is being taken away to potentially jail an offender who has committed prior violent felonies." Green cited statistics that showed the state's drug incarceration rate dropping to about 11,000 last year as a result of the 2004 reforms and says it's even a misnomer to call the current statutes Rockefeller Laws at all. Paterson believes, however, the reforms...