Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actors,the drama could stand strong on an empty stage,but the efforts of director Nick Parrillo andproducers John B. Cearley '99 and Ali Ruth Davis'00 to capitalize on the details give theproduction its finessed perfection. The set of theMaGrath household is brilliant. The stage isfilled with infinite, touching details--ahalf-empty bottle of diswashing liquid on acluttered counter top, cheap curtains, Coke in therefrigerator, flowered wallpaper--which appeal notonly to the domestic nostalgia of an itinerantcollege student, but to anyone who has ever spenttime in a home kitchen. That the set has runningwater is in itself a technical...
BRASILIA, Brazil: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has finally rolled out the gritty details of his long-awaited austerity plan: tax hikes and spending cuts on nearly everything he's constitutionally allowed to touch. "It's a bold plan," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "It's what he promised both the IMF and the Brazilian people." Now for the hard part: getting it past Congress...
...early days, the Web was used almost exclusively for the sharing of long, boring academic documents that I will never understand. The ability to link one text document to the next using the hypertext markup language (HTML) allowed scholastic communities to keep in touch...
...long-term implication of Quantum's restructuring may be the dimming of the billionaire financier's aura: "Soros was viewed with awe because he appeared to have the Midas touch," says Baumohl. "Now he seems distinctly mortal...
...Roots, I cried with Kizzy and adored Chicken George. But this is different. This is someone I really know. My soul knows her well. I run my hand across her back. Although the page is smooth, my fingertips tell a different story. A story I cannot bear. I touch her hair. I want her to turn around so that I can hold her. I weep. Thank you, TIME. MILISSA GLASS Lebanon, Ohio...