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...quickly-paced solos about why he became a lord chancellor and the insomnia from which he suffers. He acts superbly with each character, especially in a trio with his two compatriots, the heads of both political parties. Crowley's Loed Chancellor tries to prevent Phyllis' marriage to Strephen, who unbeknown to him is his son by Iolanthe, the fairy who was banished for marrying the lord because he is a mortal...
...Unbeknown to the shopper, the check-out computer also logs each outgoing item against inventory in the store or a centralized warehouse, warning the manager when he must reorder and thus greatly reducing the frequency of the "Sorry, we're sold out" dirge. Obviously, the consumer benefits from computerized marketing. So does the store. Since supermarkets operate on a profit margin of about 2% or less, the savings can be crucial...
...flush out his life, however. Bogus flees his family and goes to Austria to search for a diabetic friend, who unbeknown to him has died-another illusory hero image. What follows vacillates between brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. Eventually, Bogus comes to see himself as Moby Dick, "mindful of his scars, his old harpoons and things," knowing that his very endurance is in itself monumental...
...lovely coverage of our Sao Paulo Museum of Art [Jan. 31]. Glad as we are to see international recognition of our efforts toward giving our adopted city a museum worthy of its cultural level, my wife and I and our friends were astonished to read that, unbeknown to us, we have been divorced. Lest I be beseeched by a bevy of suitors who will press for Lina Bo's hand, I would be grateful if TIME were to put it on record that after three decades, my wife and I are still very much married to each other...
...Rainwater and William L. Yancey have written a book about the con-controversy that ensured [The Moynihan Report and the Politics of Controversy, M.I.T. Press (forthcoming)] and much that here follows draws on them. Predictably, albeit unbeknown to the White House, trouble began within the permanent government, as Arthur Schlesinger Jr. calls the civil-service bureaucracies. The report and the speech were wholly the product of the Presidential government. The welfare bureaucracy knew nothing of either, but as closer inquiry put the two together it was instantly perceived that the adequacy of the welfare bureaucracy's efforts and even...