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...passion. This general malaise is made more obvious in the moments when one of the ensemble truly shines. Perhaps the performers will find their characters in time to salvage them, and the Streetcar will roll on. If not, this production is a respectable introduction to Williams text for those unfamiliar with the play, and a chance for others to revisit a memory or two. In either case, HRSTs Streetcar provides an unknowing example of the difference between the truth and, as Blanche puts it, what ought to be the truth...
...times it's disconcerting--to feel unfamiliar in your own skin, to wake up, as I have, ensnared in a cultural Venus fly trap slowly eating away at your former self. And more unsettling than a vindaloo--fiery hot with cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and peppercorns--is the suspicion that, innocent and unaware, I was anesthetized by an urban predator, and now must lay paralyzed as the city alters my very being...
...their well-drawn maps, it has a canny habit of giving them a better sense of direction. For to be once lost in Delhi is to be taught the thrill of wandering back alleys and narrow side streets, of perusing untouristed markets and treading unworn paths, of dining off unfamiliar dishware and drinking from unpurified spouts, of being curious, taking risks, discovering what lies off life's major thoroughfares--of coming home at night wearing the city in which you live...
WATCH IT The SEC recently issued a warning to investors about drawbacks relating to variable annuities--retirement tools that are a cross between a mutual fund and an insurance policy. Much of the increased popularity of these annuities is due to bonuses offered by companies seeking to lure investors unfamiliar with the instruments. The SEC maintains the bonuses are often undercut by hidden, higher withdrawal fees...
...After eight years, the administration may have finally learned that fast, full disclosure is the best scandal-douser. The 150 pages (gist: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'fund-raiser' is") don't seem to contain any legal red flags, at least for lay readers unfamiliar with the minutiae of the case, which is pretty much everybody outside the Justice Department. And Gore's releasing them himself is an unmistakable signal that he's confident of his innocence, or at least his defense: a really bad memory and a very small bladder. It's also the best...