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Lewis's interpretative choice here may not beg too much analysis. It is funny, after all and proves to be robust. Were one so inclined, one might make the argument that it succeeds in large part because the action in Pericles is, in fact, sophomoric. Patched choppily together as the play is from so many different sources--fairy tales, folk stories, classical narratives and medieval saints' lives--it leaves itself quite receptive to having a few more layers slapped across...
...would hope that the future of Yiddishstudies would be very robust. The future ofYiddish literature is more problematic," Wissesays...
...conventional wisdom holds that Clinton is untouchable because a robust economy has made satisfied customers of us all. But the conventional wisdom doesn't begin to comprehend the intricacy of a scandal in which charges of unappetizing personal behavior are made by accusers of varying plausibility against a President of imperfect credibility. To situate yourself amid the interlocking treacheries of the story so far, you might need the sensibilities of Henry James and the skepticism of Henry Adams. Or you might simply arrive at a position in which misgivings about presidential sex don't translate into a lust for legal...
That is not a minor hit. It would mean gross domestic product's increasing considerably less than the robust 3% or so that it might otherwise have managed, unemployment's rising a bit rather than sinking to still further lows, and a distinct slowdown in corporate profits--especially among companies that had been exporting $300 billion or more a year to the Asian region. On the other hand, sagging demand from Asia is contributing to a worldwide deflation (a term rarely heard since the 1930s) in commodity prices, especially oil. And that is helping to douse what little inflationary fire...
Last year a robust economy buoyed much of the publishing industry. But TIME's vital signs were among the best in the business. Newsstand sales were up 36%. Ad pages were up 16%. Reported ad revenue was up 21%, or an extra $94 million--almost three times the gain of the other weekly newsmagazines combined. As Adweek wrote, "TIME is the category leader, hands down...