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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...work, the R.S.C. offers an electrifying Richard III with Anthony Sher hurtling around the stage as a disabled but untrammeled personification of evil and, at the company's other home in Stratford-Upon-Avon, a darkly funny As You Like It, again dazzlingly directed by Noble. His splendid, spare, Freudian production uses a flowing white sailcloth draped about the stage to represent a snowstorm, a dream-scape, a bower and a marriage tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bard, Bible and Forklift Truck | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...virtually no other way to get to Europe and that the passenger train, like the luxury liner, may soon be one with the stagecoach. To people accustomed to writing on manual typewriters, it is exasperating to learn that production has virtually ceased, and that the supply of accessories and spare parts keeps shrinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: New but Not Necessarily Improved | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...other parents can't undermine her decision with impunity. "Despite what they think, parents often can't control what goes on in their home once kids start drinking," she says. "If teens drink, they usually drink to excess. And you can ask for their keys, but they have a spare or give you a key that isn't even to their car." Ellison speaks from painful experience. In 2002, a local parent supervised a tent party at which kids supposedly surrendered their keys. Nevertheless, several of them left the home at 3 a.m. and drove to the apartment where Ellison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Must Be Over 21 to Drink in This Living Room | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...revenue of $5 billion in 2004 (about the same as that of the Las Vegas Strip) and are tipped to trump that this year. All the more reason, then, to take in the city's fast-fading heritage before it turns to dust. If you have 45 minutes to spare between poker table and roulette wheel, try Walk the Talk Macau, a lively new audio tour accessible via your cell phone. Devised and narrated by former bankers (and Macau aficionados) Stefan White and David Wong, the tour includes many of the city's historic landmarks, from Leal Senado Square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...rowing machines are popular because, unlike running, they exercise all the major muscle groups without impacting the joints.) The Concept2 also allows up to seven other rowers to compete in real time, via an Internet link to a computer. So when you see tired runners at the finish line, spare a thought for those going the distance without moving an inch. ($1,770; concept2.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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