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...sink to believing myths about the Shakespeare-the-person. The chapter on the “Merchant of Venice” (subtitled “The Question of Intention”) grapples with the problem of Shakespeare’s motive in the representation of Jews via Shylock. Garber seems to bring us increasingly closer to Shakespeare by means of her meticulous analysis of the character’s development over time in productions and in secondary literature. Although she reminds us repeatedly that we will never know the playwright or the definitive answer to the problems Shylock presents, Garber...
...cameras are different in a few fundamental ways. The Mino has 4 GB of built-in memory--enough for about an hour of video--but it's not expandable via external memory cards. By contrast, Kodak expects you to bring your own memory card to the Zi6. (It costs about $30 for 4 GB, closing the price gap with the Mino.) To recharge the Mino's built-in battery, which lasts about two hours, you can plug the camcorder into your computer via the USB port. The Zi6 uses rechargeable AA batteries or, in a pinch, nonrechargeable ones, if they...
...Delhi's bursting slums, residents are often left to fight for buckets of water delivered via trucks, a process that is time consuming and expensive. The Sachdevs pay less than 2 per 26 gal. of water; the poor might pay that for a single quart from a private truck or even more for bottled water. "The rich end up paying just a fraction of the price to water their lawn than the poor do just to stay alive," says William Fellows, the regional water, sanitation and health adviser for UNICEF/South Asia. Worse, waste of the little water that is available...
...Wagoner's travel plans are still secret but he won't be traveling via corporate aircraft. Wagoner also said he was reducing his salary to one dollar and four other top GM executives agreed to reduce their cash compensation by 50 percent. Both Ford and GM also announced they plan sell their corporate aircraft...
...Worst part about Harvard: One time a huge football player was in front of me in the dining hall and he took ALL of the chicken quesadillas. It was terrible. Describe yourself in 3 words: Zac Efron look-a-like In 15 minutes you are: Being taken to school via the Quad shuttle. In 15 years you are: Being taken to “school” on an inner-city basketball court by street toughs. As their court-mandated coach, I’ll help them win the city championship by teaching them the power of teamwork. Also...