Word: riches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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George W. Bush was falling into a rut. For all his early success--a gaudy lead in the polls, a $37 million-and-rising war chest--the Texas Governor, after a month of delivering the same airy, slogan-rich speech, was sounding stale and tired by mid-July. His Republican opponents were calling him the all-money-and-no-message candidate, and the label was beginning to stick. (Sensitive to the charge, Bush half seriously asked his finance chairman if there was any way "to slow down" the flow of contributions.) And to make matters worse, Bill Clinton was trying...
Shakespeare himself, who perfected the double entendre, would have appreciated the sight gags and lowbrow humor that comprise so much of this play. Traditional gags and constant physical comedy alone make this play funny, but rich word-play quickens and deepens the humor. The writers who created The Compleat Works are clearly Shakespearean scholars. "That which we call a nose, by any other name, would still smell," philosophizes one actor in the ten-minute version of Romeo and Juliet at the play's inception. Allusions to contemporary pop culture not only demonstrate Shakespeare's relevance, but allow the audience...
...time and effort on the line for the show. Fortunately, The Compleat Works more than lives up to both the pressure of a professional production and the collective pressure of the company's vast theater experience. It is a fitting tribute to the veterans of Harvard theater, and a rich and hilarious gift to the Harvard Summer community...
...would spend his days planted in front of a sophisticated trading screen, trying to squeeze profits out of tiny changes in stock prices and bid-ask spreads and never holding on to anything past the closing bell. It seemed like a terrific idea and a way to get rich. MORE...
...John simply for the poise with which he moved through the crowd of echoes and expectations that followed him everywhere. "It's very good to be the son of a legend," Larry King observed to his guest one night. "It's complicated," John replied, "and it makes for a rich and complicated life"--as though he knew that he mattered less for anything he did than for what he meant...