Word: twelfth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THAT THAT is is, "pontificates the Clown, for such is the wisdom the inhabitants of Illyria wish to hear as they enwrap themselves with madness and wonders in Winthrop House's Christmas production of Twelfth Night. Words grow wanton and fools wise before the play untangles their deceits and leaves us with the feeling that whatever...
...TWELFTH NIGHT, by William Shakespeare, is a definitive treatment of the struggle between England's declining feudal landowners and its rising Puritan middle class, not to mention a funny and beautiful comedy. It's directed by George Gopen, who taught me Expository Writing and managed to make me the only person I've ever met who thinks Expos was a valuable course. Opens tonight at Winthrop House...
...with another former White House staffer. Dwight Chapin was indicted for having lied when he disclaimed any official connection with Donald H. Segretti, the convicted political saboteur. Chapin thus became the 18th man to be indicted on charges stemming from the Watergate affair and other scandals; Krogh was the twelfth to plead guilty or be convicted in the Watergate matter...
...largely blue-collar community, voted unanimously to urge their legislators in Washington to move for impeachment proceedings. Says Selectman John S. Pizzichemi: "We may be a tiny town, but that doesn't mean that when we have strong feelings, we shouldn't show them." In Massachusetts' Twelfth Congressional District, the only one in the state to support Nixon in the 1972 election, Democratic Congressman Gerry E. Studds says that his mail is running 1,911 to 35 in favor of impeachment. "Many are long, thoughtful, soul-wrenching letters from people who voted two and three times...
Aaron Burr seems particularly pertinent. The Burr-Jefferson Electoral College tie in 1800 led to the Twelfth Amendment, which revised the process of electing the President and Vice President.* After killing Alexander Hamilton in the Weehawken duel in 1804, Burr became the first Vice President to be indicted-a precedent that has lately been dusted off by constitutional experts...