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...What about those inviting vacant lots? "There's practically no such thing anymore," laments urban planner Robin Moore, a former president of the International Association for the Child's Right to Play. Thanks to sidewalk-free subdivisions, congested roads and ubiquitous commercial developments, "all the free space has been spoken for," says Moore. Roger Hart, an environmental psychologist at the City University of New York, cites a general "disinvestment in public space" as one reason children are playing less outdoors. Even public sandboxes are vanishing. Says Hart: "People have become paranoid about animal waste." What's more, as the average...
...finished lines; they are the imperfect words that stumble out of a confused, brilliant and deeply saddened mind. There is nothing to be interpreted or reinvented in them, for although these lines are the same that have been said and resaid for the past 400 years, they are spoken as though being put on this earth for the first time...
Particularly memorable is Jack’s attempt to convince Ruth to have a quickie before hosting a party. Though she initially agrees, the arrival of guests (as indicated by the ringing of a doorbell) convinces her that fate has spoken against them. In desperation, Jack decides to use the old distract-and-attack method; he points somewhere and shouts, “Look!” The ploy works, but since Jack is on the other side of the bed from Ruth, he is forced to execute a flying dive in an attempt to grasp her in his arms...
Nearly 50 students turned out for a candlelight vigil at 9 p.m. last night, featuring spoken word poetry and a fire-eater...
...comes from Anthony J. Gabriele’s ’03 sound design. I can’t think of a show that has incorporated so much music to so great an effect, alternatively moving the audience from spontaneous laughter to the brink of tears without a word spoken on stage. The range of style and genre within the selections prevent the era of the setting from being positively nailed down and lend to the timelessness of the production. Though the microphones (somewhat of a necessity when playing at so great a distance from the audience) cause occasional difficulties...