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...rhythm of stylized language, the trick of keeping the intricate plot in order without constantly consulting the program: only then can they be properly drawn into the dramatic illusion. But at the American Repertory Theater's production of The School for Scandal, written in 1777 by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the audience is at ease long before the beautifully ornate sets twirl into the first scene change. Director Jonathan Miller, famed for his long comedy career and the directorship of the BBC Shakespeare television series, has the rhythm of this elegant Sheridan masterpiece down pat: the well-considered, well-balanced details...
Although this option is still under discussion, the administration will probably broaden departmental guidelines in the near future. Dean of the College Harriet Sheridan, who is chairman of the Educational Policy Committee, will most likely recommend strongly that more concentrations next year adopt related outside requirements such as a foreign language component or a computer literacy requirement...
...Fort Sheridan...
...fundamentalists were jubilant at their victory. Said Sheridan Road Principal Bill Swain: "We knew our position was strongly supported by the Bible. We thought we had the Constitution on our side. But I didn't expect to get a favorable decision." William Bentley Ball, a leading constitutional lawyer who argued for the two schools, called the judgment "very strong on religious liberty, clarifying the right to teach and the right to learn...
...them require their private schools to use state-certified teachers. Catholic, Lutheran and Jewish schools for years have accommodated state requirements. But the Protestant fundamentalists who run the new Christian schools interpret both the Bible and their mission more rigidly. The Rev. Gerald Somero, 42, minister of the Sheridan Road Baptist Church, believes that by complying with licensing requirements "we are saying to the state 'you have a right to choose whom God has called to the ministry of teaching...