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...Shaffer was a kindred spirit to Mankiewicz: a cunning wordsmith with a playwright brother; his identical twin, Peter, wrote Equus and Amadeus. Like Mankiewicz (and Pinter, for that matter), Shaffer was fascinated by the ability of language to reveal, conceal and distort the workings of a person's mind and desires. In Sleuth he created a Chinese-box plot that on the surface was a very theatrical mystery, but at heart was a parable of sexual envy and English class hatred. Again, right up Pinter's dark alley...
...that they can’t use Harvard’s money to pay for other, underage, undergraduates’ alcohol is flabbergasting. “Perhaps this might be acceptable in other less principled societies, where membership does not require a commitment to logic and reason in the spirit of open inquiry,” the UC Executive posits in its memorandum. “In our University community the standard is higher; we demand decision through discussion, and finality through debate.”Imagine, a Dean of the College with the temerity to take a decision without...
...Head of Concord Academy since 1948, by 1960 Elizabeth Hall had injected into the school a new spirit and sense of purpose. No longer were the girls focused on the upcoming debutante world and a lifetime focused solely on marriage and family. Instead, women were viewed as active do-ers for whom all possibilities were open...
...rebuilt it board by board (including the labor and encouragement of all the classes) on the Concord Academy campus. With Hall as Head, Concord students learned that women could run tractors, paint clapboards, participate in town meetings, pursue dreams. The possibilities of action were unlimited. It was this spirit that attracted Drew to Concord Academy...
...group plans to hold a discussion on the dispute over online poker and a day-long conference on the educational value of poker in November. The GPSTS also plans to launch a National Collegiate Poker Tournament in March. “It will hope to capture the same spirit of the March Madness basketball tournament,” Woods said. The debate over the legality of poker focuses on whether it is a game of chance or a game of skill. To study the dispute, GPSTS organizers said they plan to use duplicate poker decks, setting a deck...