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...than he used to be; it's just our vision of him," smiled Composer Richard Rodgers, 74, considering the subject of his new Broadway musical Rex. Based on the life of Henry VIII and scheduled to open in April, the play will feature music by Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (who wrote Fiddler on the Roof) and British Actor Nicol Williamson as Henry. Despite his past successes (The King and I, Carousel, Pal Joey), the old pro composer faces some tough competition from two other Broadway veterans. As Rodgers put the finishing touches to his score last week, Lyricist...
...Sheldon Cohen has his way, the Harvard Square kiosk may someday sport a wraparound, neon news marquee like the one that graces the Allied Chemical building in New York's Times Square...
...year after law school, Nesson was awarded a Sheldon traveling fellowship for study in Europe. What did he study? "Skiing...
...Saturday, 8:30 p.m. E.D.T.). People like these must have existed once so that the movies and television had something on which to base their models. For decades now, however, these characters have only existed as TV cliches. The predictability is not just unfunny, it is infuriating. Big Eddie (Sheldon Leonard) is the semitough owner of a sports arena cut off the loud-checked Damon Runyon cloth. As a nod to more recent fashion, he has been given a hip black man as an assistant. But as the subliterary tradition to which he belongs insists, he is married...
...number of hours an employee can work in a noisy area. Industry argues that a far easier and more economical method would be to require workers to wear earplugs or muffs. Labor retorts that "personal protection," as it is called, can be dangerous. Says the AFL-CIO's Sheldon W. Samuels: "There is a documented case of a man killed by a forklift because with his ear muffs on he did not hear the warning bell." Samuels also argues that plugs "dehumanize a worker half his waking day. If industry thinks they are going to make our people animals...