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Rain trickled down through the open windows of the Cabot Underground Theatre on Sunday night; it was raining in the hearts of the cast, too. To add to the downpour, the audience before long was weeping tears of frustration. The Cabot House Drama Society production of The Tempest sports some fine acting, thoughtful direction and engaging drama. But these faint mitigating rays fail to illuminate the bleak landscape of the show...
Everybody knows the story of The Tempest: the magician Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, have lived on a desert island ever since Prospero's brother, Antonio, usurped the Dukedom of Milan and banished them. But now Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck Antonio's passing ship. Antonio and his fellow conspirators fall into Prospero's hands. With the help of the sprites that he controls, Prospero dictates the subsequent events on the island, cunningly arranging a reconciliation and improving his political standing. The play toys with our notions of reality and illusion, and presents an engaging debate about power...
Companies advertising the TEMPEST shielding used by the Defense Department used to do demonstrations in which they would pull sensitive information without difficulty from the cabling of conventional networks...
Sources within the department, however, say Johnson has long ignored hints of racial troubles, and the department--particularly the security division--is now beginning to pay the price. Some have dubbed Johnson "No Waves," suggesting he is content if the department is running smoothly even when a tempest is storming beneath the surface...
...before in its 13-year history, the European monetary system will need extensive repairs if it is to serve as the cornerstone of some future monetary union. Britain, where a parliamentary vote in favor of the treaty on European unity had once been a foregone conclusion, emerged from the tempest in a shaken and vengeful mood, facing a political crisis. Europeans elsewhere were praying that what they experienced was the storm before the calm. But nobody was foreseeing that the good ship Europa would reach safe haven anytime soon...