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...Center for the Arts Black Box Theater is not a far cry from just such an atmosphere. His abstract black, stone and wood arrangement is reminiscent of nothing in particular, but it seems not too far from a misty Irish morning or a fish and chips shop by the shore. The real advantage of the black box, however, is its size. Walking up and down the aisles, staring audience members in the face and never straying more than ten or fifteen feet from anyone in the house, McPherson's characters come alive in this production in a way that they...
...while Whitman does have a respectable track record when it comes to clean air, shore protection and farmland preservation, she has consistently supported the interests of big business. She was famously lax when it came to regulating pollution by private companies, as evidenced by the fact that the Garden State remains the number one location for Superfund sites (and also the number one target for "smelly Turnpike" jokes). Coincidentally, and unfortunately, the EPA's major area of jurisdiction involves patrolling private companies. God help us if the whole country winds up like Newark...
...Thompson: It's hard to say; the Japanese may press for an assurance that U.S. subs won't practice these high-speed ascents so close to shore, and the Navy may agree. But in reality, you're looking at human error here: The tools and regulations to prevent this accident were all in place, but somebody screwed up on that sub, and new regulations and rules aren't going to change that...
...During some aspect of the periscope sweep, they'd have been looking toward shore, which could have masked the Japanese vessel. The fact that a number of people could see the monitors doesn't mean much, because it's not like you or me watching TV. Being able to understand what's going on in the periscope image requires great skill. It's often videotaped, although not this time, so they won't have that evidence to settle the matter - not that anything should be read into the fact that it wasn't recorded. But the Navy can't absolve...
...life, and since all of the contributors do solid work, what ends up standing out is a function of the song at hand - there's no faulting Patty Loveless and Dwight Yoakam, but their selections are less memorable than "Blue Night" (Mary Chapin Carpenter), "On the Old Kentucky Shore" (Joan Osborne & Ricky Skaggs) and especially Dolly Parton's rendering of "Cry, Cry Darlin'," a standout by any standard...