Word: restorationism
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When Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death in 1967, he left only four plays--his aborted legacy to black comedy. What the Butler Saw is the sharpest and most direct attack on modern society. With What the Butler Saw. Orton tried to revive the social satire and black comedy style...
At a time when taxes are already painfully high, it will not be easy to raise money to rebuild roads, enlarge ports or repair bridges. But neither can the U.S. continue its past policy of "build it and forget it." The longer that needed restoration is postponed, the more costly...
Lewis Teague directed Sayles' finest B-movie script, The Lady in Red (1979)-a tart, taut evocation of the '30s working-class underworld-and here he plays camera tricks on the audience without ever cheating. The screenplay takes Madison's point of view, the camera takes the...
But $125,000 just to remove some rust and graffiti? No restoration campaign is ever that simple. It will cost $12,000 to clean-the Saint-Gaudens bronze and to provide a new sword, plus a few extra swords in anticipation of future vandalism. About $21,000 is needed to...
The parties set aside their numerous differences and issued a call for an end to martial law and for elections within three months. "We demand that Zia quit immediately," they declared, "failing which [the military rulers] will be removed by the irresistible will of the people." They then announced the...