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...newspaper's crossword puzzle is usually a refuge from the sober headlines, an escapist's Eden of three-letter words for a legendary bird or the 17th century name of Tokyo. Now the heavy cares of world affairs have invaded that preserve. In a Boston Globe puzzle last week, the No. 1 down clue read: "Modern type of war." Answer: NOWIN...
Suddenly the discreetly worded ads are popping up everywhere. Starkly simple copper bracelets, the pitchmen proclaim, are now being worn in the very best of circles. Jet setters, film stars, top athletes and even a few sober members of the upper bourgeoisie have taken to the fad. Why? Though the ads say nothing about it, to avoid the laws against false and misleading advertising claims, the beautiful people are convinced that the copper bangles* will miraculously alleviate the pain of a variety of ailments, ranging from arthritis to sciatica to chronic backache...
This is in marked contrast to the Festival's only other production of the work, which John Houseman directed eleven years ago. In 1959, we saw an impressively sober and severe version, which underlined the profoundly serious content to be found in the text. Make no mistake: not everything Shakespeare wrote into the play was a laughing matter. As its title suggests, the work is among other things a study in the ethical question of whether the end justifies the means. It also explores the essence of personal honor, the proper nature of marriage, and the relative importance of worth...
...sober fact, only a portion of those who work in business districts need to be so near to one another...
With this sober explanation, the staid British science journal Nature published a paper by a Cambridge University scientist who has reached a remarkable conclusion: the rate of growth of the male's beard seems to be related to his sexual activity...