Word: roman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...data base. Three students have been exploring the character of Lady Macbeth for a joint paper. What does she look like? How should she be imagined? A few keystrokes bring up a series of images: illustrations of the conniving noblewoman by a variety of artists, then a scene from Roman Polanski's 1971 film, Macbeth. As the action plays out in a window on the screen, the students discuss the lady's greed and her striking resemblance to a witch in the opening scene of Polanski's film. They can also look at scenes from the 1948 Orson Welles production...
...American justice to blood sport. Television does its part, contributing instant replay, analysis and gladiatorial theme music. The print media join in, all of them reduced to tabloids in their feeding frenzy. This trial should be taking place in the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the resemblance to a Roman circus would be unmistakable and the masses could seal O.J.'s fate with a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down...
...Roman Catholic Tastes...
Just because he is pro-choice and a Protestant, is it not kosher for Nebraska Senator BOB KERREY to take Communion in the Roman Catholic Church? Kerrey had been doing that for more than a year-only to discover to his embarrassment that it's against church rules. After an official of Nebraska's Right to Life committee complained, Kerrey announced that he would no longer participate in Communion ceremonies, but plans to continue attending Mass anyway. "It's a great church," he says. "I like the values...
Before the Foster controversy blew up--and gave them a common enemy--the abortion issue was threatening to scatter and distract the G.O.P. Both the Roman Catholic Church and the National Right to Life Committee recently declared their opposition to the part of the Republican welfare bill that calls for cutting off aid to pregnant teens because they fear it will encourage abortions. ``There is a concern that it will increase the likelihood that poor women, including teen moms, may see few options besides aborting their child, particularly if there is a prohibition on increasing benefits for additional children born...