Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Offut controversy, a binding student body referendum forced the council actively to pursue divestment. But Offut's reelection as council chair in February of 1986 was interpreted as a conscious effort by council members to avoid political controversy and embrace issues--such as extending library hours and hosting social events--that would not alienate any segment of the student body...
Skocpol, an expert on states and social revolutions in different countries, said she plans to use her six-month fellowship to write a book on American social policies since the 1880s...
Miss Julie is a long one-act play revolving around a single crisis. During the festival of Midsummer Eve, when rules of social interaction are gleefully abandoned, the count's daughter Miss Julie (Patricia Goldman) flirts brazenly with her father's valet, Jean (Daniel Hurewitz), in front of Jean's fiancee, the cook Christine (Martha Lane Moore). It is not clear who is seducing whom, but Julie and Jean soon overcome their inhibitions, and when Christine falls asleep, the two find an excuse to flee to the bedroom. Immediately after, they realize that the ensuing scandal could destroy them both...
...decadent that its hypocrisy has infected the servant class as well. It has been argued that Strindberg is a misogynist who places too much of the blame on Julie and punishes her too harshly. But Jean proves to be just as manipulative--and ultimately, just as spineless--as Julie. Social entropy reduces them both to something less than human...
Leave that problem to the stage crew. As a show with a social conscience (all proceeds go to benefit the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless) and an action-packed human conflict, True West really works...