Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This production is distinguished by the impressive grasp the actors have of their stage space and spectacular technical direction. Light designer Mike DeCleene '97 deserves the highest praise for coordinating a lighting scheme that is not only excruciatingly intricate but also a key player in the production's narrative thrills. Each scene fades into complete darkness (and when the Pool Theater goes dark, we learn, it really goes dark), adding to the sense of mystery and building towards the final climax. In fact, when the lights go out for good, DeCleene and the directors seem to have all their bases...
...diversity and pluralism. They claim a commitment to the protection of minorities. They even have an official policy regarding incidents of racial "insensitivity." It seems reasonable that a concern for insensitivity should extend into the religious realm as well. A majority inclination is surely not enough to justify any scheme of House interior decor...
...with a simple two-step campaign. He would threaten to bomb employers' trucks if they didn't enroll in his union. Then he carried out the threat. It got results. His organizers took a cut of the dues and initiation fees of every new member. It was a franchise scheme that attracted Mafiosi and created a feudal structure of warlords...
...same year, Henry Ford shocked the world with what probably stands as his greatest contribution ever: the $5-a-day minimum-wage scheme. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hr. shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also shaved an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a guy could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime," and critics everywhere heaped "Fordism" with equal scorn...
...conditioning system. It has since announced the production of two generations of chlorine-free cooling units, well before the Montreal Accords or the still unratified Kyoto Accords have come into play. Much in the fashion of its founder, the company is trying to fix all this without a grand scheme, but simply by doing the next right thing...