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...Beijing even now has been less forthcoming than the Soviets were during their crisis 16 years ago. Mikhail Gorbachev finally admitted that Chernobyl was a disaster (with some caveats, to be sure) 18 days after the explosion; Beijing is still being less than honest about SARS, unless you really believe that, as of last week, there were just two cases of the disease in Shanghai (pop. 17 million). Chernobyl eventually helped promote positive change in the Soviet Union as citizens grasped just how awful the system had become. Gorbachev realized that "even if you wanted to be Stalin, you couldn...
...Nouman frequents. "Maybe they were afraid that Uday would punish them, but to turn your back on your own sister is a terrible, terrible thing." The three sisters declined to talk to TIME. Neighbors said none of the three ever married because Nouman's reputation frightened away potential suitors. Unless the sisters have a change of heart, Nouman may wind up in the mental hospital again. With the Saddam regime gone, she would probably be treated more gently, but the thought of returning fills her with dread. Although she was happy to walk a journalist through the prisons...
...production of Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and Philip Seymour Hoffman, which is the hottest ticket of the spring. Moreover, in an era when mounting a new musical is a huge gamble and no one seems to bring straight plays to Broadway anymore unless they have had a tryout in London, revivals at least keep the lights...
...would be nice if future revivals could at least abide by a few rules. Shows shouldn't come back unless 1) they have been away so long that few theatergoers remember them; 2) they are ripe for the fresh perspective of a new era; or 3) they're being given a bold new interpretation. For the first, how about putting together a couple of the terrific one-acts that Israel Horovitz and Terrence McNally were turning out in the 1960s and '70s (The Indian Wants the Bronx; Next)? For the second, with Susan Stroman and Twyla Tharp reinvigorating Broadway dance...
...Nanotechnology, by the fact that European research relies predominantly on vulnerable small businesses. "Nano" is fast becoming a must-have prefix in advertisements for everything from cosmetics to trousers to tennis racquets. But as the technology enters the mass market, fear and suspicion of the science could grow - unless scientists and politicians debate the present implications of the technology rather than its far distant future. Without such honest, open discussion, public understanding of the issue will never get beyond the gray...