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...estate, John, Andrew and Charles from a Kensington boarding school, Paul and Simon (originally spelled Symon) from a charity home, Neil and Peter from a Liverpool suburb, Suzy from a titled family, Nicholas from the Yorkshire dales, rough-and-tumble Tony from the East End, ethereal Bruce from divorced upper-class parents...
...Seven Up! was agenda journalism. The show seemed to revel in painting the three public-school chappies as upper-class tyro twits - especially young Andrew, who said of his morning reading material, "I like my newspaper because I've got shares in it" (a comment he later said had been a joke) and volunteered his opinion on pop music: "I think the Beatles are mad because they make too much noise, and their hair style is so bad." Suzy, when asked about black people, replied with a sleepy-eyed smile, "I don't know anybody who's colored...
...don’t view the podcast as a replacement for live classes but, rather, as a supplement,” wrote Malan. But for those who cannot attend the class at Harvard, the podcasts present an attractive alternative. “The commute to Cambridge from the Upper Galilee in Israel is a bit too much for me to attend the course in person. Nevertheless, your podcasts have been a great ‘second best,’” wrote one of the podcast’s international subscribers, according to Malan. Recordings of Computer Science...
...musical theatre as we know it,” he writes in a press release promoting the show.Last presented by HRG&SP in the fall of 1999, “H.M.S. Pinafore” follows the Captain’s daughter, Josephine, who, though engaged to a man of upper-class ranking, falls in love with a common sailor. With a nonsensical twist at the end, “H.M.S. Pinafore” proves that love transcends social class—at least in some cases. Along with “H.M.S. Pinafore,” HRG&SP will present...
...Putin has said repeatedly he respects the constitution that requires him to step down. But changing the constitution's two-term limit on the presidency requires only a vote by two-thirds of the heavily controlled Duma, and two-thirds of the heavily controlled Federation Council (upper house) and a similar margin of votes by regional governors, all appointed by the Kremlin. Putin, presumably, will respect any such revisions to the Constitution...