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...This upcoming election isn't about whether [Lt. Gov.] Paul [Cellucci] and I get re-elected," Weld says. "It really is about whether we keep moving Massachusetts forward or whether we revert to the terrible, misguided mistakes of the past...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Weld Stresses Crime, Jobs, Welfare in Re-election Bid | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

...dies, only the villains end up with egg on their face, and just about everyone finds a love to run off with. Although the Bergman film on which the musical is based, "Smiles of a Summer Night," explores the darker side of romance, Sondheim's script and score revert to a more optimistic vision. HRDC's Night Music loses track of the inevitable happy ending and plays with conflicts as if they may never be resolved. All too often the players dwell heavily on melancholy as if it may prevail, rather than as a comedic device that the audience...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Night Music Waltzes Between Melancholy and Joy | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

...younger Worcester branch is far superior.) Like Mother Nature, she will always remain central in the lives of humans because she fills a vital role in the delicate realm of human experience, as necessary to survival as water, as pleasing as the sun. Filene's Basement allows to revert to our most basic condition: that of the hunter-gather...

Author: By Eleni N. Gage, | Title: A Personal Voyage to Filene's Basement | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

From that attack, Clinton wound into a passionate plea for drug treatment on demand. "Without it," he said, "the criminals will revert when they're released, and the problem will just get worse. Emphasizing treatment may not satisfy people fed up with being preyed upon, but a President should speak straight even if what he advocates isn't popular. If he sticks to his guns, the results will prove the wisdom of his policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Clinton's Drug Policy Is a Bust | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...that the company two weeks ago agreed to pay in a class-action suit in New Orleans. Since the fund has no ceiling and no statute of limitations will apply, it is unlikely that $330 million will cover all claims. But if there is any money left, it will revert to the U.S. Treasury. The one silver lining for the chastened firm: Prudential can write off the compensation payments as a tax-deductible business expense and thereby leave other taxpayers to foot part of the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Socking the Rock | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

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