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...opportunity for such an updated setting in the freewheeling idiosyncrasies of the characters. "They're all nuts, absolute nuts," he said. "The play seemed to me to have a kind of giddy (and ultimately foolish) individualism that only made sense to me in Northern California." To him, the wide-open world of the Beats and the Jazz Age provides the backdrop necessary for one of Shakespeare's more outdoor comedies...
...planet sure seems smaller and smaller these days. The "wide-open spaces" that the Grammy-winning Dixie Chicks sing about are becoming few and far between. In little more than a century, humanity has gone from the agrarian age to the age of megacities. Four decades ago, there were only three cities with more than 8 million people: New York, London and Tokyo. By 2015 there will be 33 such cities, 27 of them--like Cairo--in the developing world...
That kind of action makes sense. For decades to come, population growth will put more pressure on our wide-open spaces. So before the human race gobbles up any more land, we could make much better use of what we've already taken...
Earlier in the year, Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 and former mayor Sheila T. Russell had announced their impending retirements, leaving a wide-open field in the upcoming mayor's election...
...usual, the Harvard defense helped the Harvard offense. The Crimson's 38-24 halftime lead was due in most part to Brown's 11 turnovers, which led to 17 Harvard points. Turnovers led to aggressive up-court passing that in turn led to wide-open three-point baskets, and Harvard converted 8-of-15 threes, including Clemente's 2-of-2 performance, while Brown's long-range attack was non-existent...