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Huff's play outshines the two other Chicago offerings that have opened so far this fall: Letts' Superior Donuts, a relatively formulaic comedy-drama about a crusty inner-city doughnut-shop owner and the black kid who comes to work for him, and Oleanna, Mamet's scathing account of a bogus sexual-harassment charge that was too polemically freighted back in 1992 and has the added disadvantage of seeming dated today. But collectively, they showcase much of what makes Chicago theater so distinct and vital. The City of Big Shoulders produces big-shouldered theater as well--thematically ambitious, emotionally juiced...
...think being around costumes so much has ruined Halloween for me,” says Christine I. Moore, saleswoman at Harvard Square costume shop Hootenanny, minutes after ringing up a pair of black spandex hot pants and bag of feathers purchased by a customer. ‘They’ll cover you. I mean, I think it’ll be enough?...
...little further up the square, at Oona’s Costume Shop, the atmosphere is decidedly more sedate. Molly Dixon sells a grey elephant hat to a couple, saying a turtleneck is all you need to “complete the look...
...receive corporate health-care benefits - benefits that aren't taxed. The money would be better, and more fairly, spent giving people tax credits to pay for health care, according to their income. This would have the additional benefit of controlling insurance costs, since people are more likely to shop for the best deal if they're spending their own money rather than their employer's. The idea is a nonstarter, however, because organized labor has negotiated excellent health benefits for its members over the years and doesn't want to see them curbed. The unions are opposed to the next...
Lobsang Gyaltsen was sentenced to death for setting fire to two garment shops in downtown Lhasa on March 14 last year, killing a shop owner, according to a spokesman for the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People's Court, cited by the official Xinhua News Agency in April...