Word: roi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result of 19th century colonial agreements, half the city-the rich half -was governed by foreigners. In the International Settlement and the neighboring French Concession, Europeans and Americans watched jai alai on the Avenue du Roi Albert, gambled on greyhounds at the Canidrome, and enjoyed the most glittering night life in the world at such places as the Ambassador, the Casanova and the Venus Café. Shanghai was a city for sale. Almost anything-and almost anyone-could be bought for the right price...
...Roi is an epic farce presented by the Harlequin Theatre Company. It was written by Alfred Jarry and is showing at the People's Theatre, 1253 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. Tickets are $4 and call 646-6079 or 391-6564 for more info...
...Modern Drama that he would like to bring back the days (nostalgia again) of the riots at the Abbey Theatre during performances of The Playboy of the Western World and The Plough and the Stars, or even the riots after the first word ("merdre") of Jarry's Ubu Roi. Theater when it's working well, he was saying, is meant to be somewhat jarring and disturbing. But this spring's Harvard drama season is in total accord with the national attitude of escape and be merry. It is a whole feast for complacency. Musical comedy is by its very nature...
...meeting had been called Monday night by the NCLC to discuss what they claim are connections between Imamu Baraka (Le Roi Jones) and the CIA. The NCLC says that Baraka is a paid agent...
Choisy-le-Roi takes in up to 2,450 gallons of raw Seine water per second and puts it through a series of preliminary steps not unlike those in any U.S. water plant. First comes a "scrubbing" with ferric chloride and other chemicals; then the heavier particles of dirt are allowed to settle to the bottom of tanks while the lighter ones are removed by filtering. Elsewhere in the plant, in twelve huge stainless-steel containers, ozone is produced by bombarding dried, refrigerated and pressurized air with up-to-20,000-volt bolts of electricity...