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Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has lately been having a hard time living up to its reputation as the world's foremost interpreter of the Bard. It has seen competitors, particularly the Royal National Theatre, pick up prizes and plaudits for Shakespearean triumphs. But Shakespeare is the RSC's middle name and, keen to show that it's still the best, the company has mounted the Everest of Shakespearean projects: the entire history cycle from Richard II to Richard III. The eight plays tell the story of English politics and dynastic intrigue during a period when kingdoms could...
Hagel doesn't see himself standing in the way of his friend's life's dream. "Don't make this into a Shakespearean struggle," he says. "This is not an issue between John and me personally. We've always known the day would come when we would go different ways." But of all the issues in all the world, why would Hagel pick McCain's signature bill to fight over? He's got his principles too. "John's bill has the unintended consequence of weakening political parties by depriving them of soft money, which will then go to darker, unaccountable...
Chuck Hagel, the McCain buddy and fellow maverick Republican - he was one of only two Senate Republicans to back McCain in his "Straight Talk" presidential run - has sparked some very Shakespearean gossip by introducing his own, competing version of campaign finance reform. Hagel's approach would place a $60,000 limit on individual soft-money contributions, triple the limits (now $1,000) on contributions to specific candidates, and - this is the part Hagel swears by - strengthen disclosure requirements...
Beginning next year, new departmental classes will count for Core credit. Economics 1010A: "Microeconomic Theory" will count for Social Analysis, English 13: "The English Bible," English 124d: "Shakespearean Tragedy" will count for Literature and Arts A, and English 175: "American Literary Emergence" will count for Literature and Arts...
...looks Shakespearean in his tragedy. By dint of self-abnegation, he had almost made it through a campaign that many, including his parents, thought would be his to wage. While big brother was always the party-hearty sort, coasting through school, floating through oil busts, a cutup during the first 20 years of a checkered career, Jeb was the good son who worked hard and played by the rules. As his dad advised, Jeb made his fortune before making a bid for office, and meanwhile slowly climbed the party ladder in South Florida. But fate is fickle...