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Richard III, as conceived by actor Ian McKellen and director Richard Loncraine, is one bold customer. Here is Shakespeare's upper-class mass murderer reimagined as a clever fascist in the court of Edward VIII. The 1930s was a decade of ruthless strongmen, in both European politics and Hollywood movies. Gangsters, mesmerizing in their amoral ambition, were the men of the moment; they lent a sick thrill to the front page and entertainment section. This Richard is such a fellow, Hitler as Scarface. From the opening titles, which explode in a blast of artillery, to the closing image of Richard...
...planned to stay in of the upper-class dorms, but the Dean called me and said that the house master didn't want to take responsibility for a freshman staying all by herself in the dorm," says the student, who wishes to remain anonymous. "This was three or four days before the freshman dorms were to be closed...
...have been upper-class math majors and have had a deep level of understanding of the material," he says...
...capital-gains tax for businesses that locate in urban-enterprise zones, where government offers tax breaks and other incentives to bring employers to poor neighborhoods. The Republican budget passed last week by the Senate Finance Committee contains $245 billion worth of tax breaks targeted largely to middle- and upper-class Americans. As Kemp grimly notes, "It does not include a single thing for urban America...
...came to realize that others had problems too," she continued, referring to cases of emotional problems encountered by middle or upper-class children sent to camp in the summer and boarding school all winter. "These are problems of the privileged that the underprivileged don't have...