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Dates: during 1980-1989
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popular for all the wrong reasons: because of the afterpieces and the divertissements that surrounded his plays; because the people wanted to see great actors who in turn insisted on performing Shakespeare to demonstrate their abilities; because his plays were presented in altered, simplied versions; because of his bombast, crudities, and sexual allusions rather than his poetry or sophistication; because of almost anything other than his dramatic genius...
...similar to the argument for free trade: once barriers to exchange go up, everyone loses. Some never experience Beethoven, some never experience Charlie Chaplin--and whether you think the trade-off is even or not, it's hard to see what's good about having any creative work rendered off-limits...
...idea is that we did come together. We did share with one another," said Irene Shih '90, an organizer of the conference. "Somehow people have made that [affirmative action] a divisive issue but I think if you look below the surface that you'll see our concerns are the same...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard will see action next Saturday, when it hosts Cornell at Blodgett Pool. It is Harvard's last home meet of the season. The first race is slated...
Legal experts see trouble ahead for set-aside plans and other government- sponsored racial remedies. "It's clear that affirmative-action programs will be harder to justify," concludes Professor Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School. Officials around the country expressed concern over how their plans would fare under the ruling. The National League of Cities found the decision "troubling in what it says about the capacity of states and cities to govern at all in some matters...