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About 100 Cantabrigians marched from Mass. Ave and River Street to City Hall Saturday afternoon to protest recent rent increases and evictions in the wake of the 1994 abolishment of rent control...
...might I characterize my loved ones...so you won't become jaded or feel bored?" queries Allan Gurganus in his brilliant new novel, Plays Well With Others. It follows the trend of contemporary literature that includes Rent and Angels in America, in which characters have, and eventually die of, AIDS In this contribution, Gurganus offers up his characters--his loved ones--without pretense, and simply lets the reader live their experience. "I do not want to rush," he continues. "The hierarchy of suffering sets in too soon. What starts as your own self-armoring way of surviving can soon (especially...
...mind. The liberals are portrayed as unsympathetic whining yuppies, but John himself is far from innocent. When trying to entice a rich elderly lady to donate her fortune to his radio station, he describes an opera--which, incidentally, bears a startling resemblence to the Tony- and Pulitzer-Prize winning Rent--produced by his main competetor for the money. After describing it with much disgust, John declares that "people writhing around...singing political slogans does not constitute opera." Other potentially humorous moments in the text also ring with underscored conservative sentiments. Newt Gingrich is described as a "battling visionary" comparable...
...They said we were going to benefit from this," Moseley said. "In fact, only about four rent-paying residents will send their children to this school...
...example, the Daily pays no rent to occupy space in a public classroom building and pays no utilities for electricity generated by the university's power plant. The student newspaper receives tuition dollars budgeted to the student government and benefits from other university subsidies...