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...PREMISE: A tale of violence and passion in the 17th century set in iambic pentameter. But don't let that scare you away: there is enough poison, familial deception, and insanity to keep you on the edge of your seat...
Some small lecture halls are equipped with microphones at each seat and high-tech image projectors...
...originally encountered opposition to her place on the SJC bench when she was nominated as an associate in 1996. Some said then-Governor William F. Weld '66 should have nominated a African-American judge for the seat, since the Massachusetts bench had until that time been occupied entirely by white males, with only one exception. But many pointed to her stance on racial matters; prior to immigrating to the U.S., she was active in anti-apartheid matters in her native South Africa. And so despite her detractors, Marshall became the second woman ever to sit on the SJC bench...
Need more convincing? Salaries of personal assistants usually fall between $50,000 and $80,000, but can swell beyond $100,000. Other perks often include medical insurance, paid vacation, free travel, a warm and temperate California climate and a front-row seat to how the wealthy live. Can't stand meetings? The Board of the Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants meet but once a month to discuss and exchange ideas about their jobs, and there is just one seminar planned for the near future, about examining security and celebrity stalking...
...more they stay the same. Despite trouncing its opposition at the polls, India's sixth government in three years looks set to be every bit as fragile as the fifth. Although Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata party-led alliance had won 284 of the 543 parliamentary seats according to projections released Thursday, his 24-party coalition may be bedeviled by the same fractiousness that brought down his last government in May. If anything, the results confirmed the trend away from the two dominant parties in the world's largest democracy. "Some observers had expected a swing back...