Word: supermans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concept,the absence of plot is redeemed by the wit andpersonality of the play. Misalliance is notthe deepest of Shaw's works. And while this lackof depth may keep the play over shadowed by someof Shaw's other writings, Misalliance is anintelligent work and surpasses plays such asMan and Superman and Major Barbarain entertainment value
...hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers remain loyal to the sassy Daily News, which over the years has been celebrated in song (by Frank Loesser and Phil Ochs, among others) and screenplay (its Art Deco building on Manhattan's 42nd Street was reporter Clark Kent's workplace in the Superman movies). For the tabloid's fans, Maxwell's moxie may prove congenial. He has shown a shrewd feel for the city's odd blend of worldliness and parochialism. Playing to Manhattanites' penchant for embracing almost any outsider who professes himself instantly smitten with their metropolis, Maxwell arrived by yacht...
...Superman had friends, and a life outside crime fighting as his alterego, Clark Kent. "The generic hero, kids could try to emulate," she said...
...parents wanted me to play soccer or be a skier," he recalls. "But I chose body building. It was a very American sport, and I thought, 'If I do well, it could take me to America.' " It was also a very American way for a boy to create a superman in his own image. Following Nietzsche's law ("That which does not kill us makes us stronger"), Arnold spent years punishing and pumping up his gangly frame until it was a prizewinning work of art -- a fabulous cartoon of muscularity...
...debt is more of a distraction than a disciplinarian. Managers can become so absorbed with cutting costs and staying one step ahead of creditors that they often neglect day-to-day operations. Some companies, including Harcourt, appoint executives whose sole duty is to manage debt. Says Peter Jovanovich: "The Superman approach doesn't work. If the CEO tries to do it all, deal with the bankers and run the business, he'll probably do it all badly...