Word: virtuousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what people think theater is, King Kong is a show that is as challenging as it is engaging. Loosely based on Richard Wagner's 1848 opera Lohengrin, which in turn was based on a German version of an Arthurian legend, Paulus's multimedia production tells the story of the virtuous knight Lohengrin and his efforts to save and marry Elsa, a princess unjustly accused of murder...
...played with unsettling gangsta coldness by Andres Ramos Nolasco '99, the first of several actors and actresses to play the part before the end of the show), perhaps one of the greatest single scene of any production this semester, is a case in point. Though they are garbed in virtuous white, Lohengrin and his posse burst into the Ex more like characters out of Boyz 'n the Hood than heroes of an Arthurian legend. Wearing stuffed animals--those archetypal symbols of sweetness and caring--on their heads like helmets, they perform an absurd dance as a show of force. Paulus...
...reduction plan would please the bond market, the former arbitrageur argued, and that would translate into lower long-term interest rates. That in turn would stimulate the economy, which would in turn boost tax revenues, which would in turn make deficit reduction a reality. It's known as a "virtuous cycle." Six years later (with an assist from the Gingrich Republicans) the surplus is over $100 billion...
Remember the good old days when you could eat all the pasta you wanted and still feel virtuous? After all, pasta (along with rice, potatoes and bread) contains lots of complex carbohydrates--the stuff that nutritionists keep telling us is the foundation of a healthy diet. Turns out, things are more complicated than that. Complex carbohydrates are still good for you. But Americans get most of their complex carbohydrates from refined grains--which have been stripped of their fiber and many nutrients--and don't eat enough foods made from whole grains. Researchers are just beginning to understand why that...
...this vagueness that makes the tragedies of this war all the more tragic. As idyllic as these goals might seem, war cannot be looked at with dry eyes and clear consciences. The simple merciless fact is that people will die when bombers drop bombs. It doesn't matter how virtuous and just a war claims to be--the abstractions always reduce to the somber and desolate realities of warfare...