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...conspicuous color." Kempton's asperity can be hilarious. Of the proprietor of Umbertos Clam House in New York's Little Italy, he writes, "Matthew Ianniello has been lost to Mulberry Street and on long-term lease to the federal prison system since 1986, and where are the scungilli of yesteryear...
...century ago, the original version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel played across the street from their original Oklahoma! To most devotees of musical theater, that era seems like heaven. It is obligatory among the ardent to deride today's Broadway blockbusters as vastly inferior to the hits of yesteryear and to cry out, If only they made 'em like they used to. To me, the Broadway opening last week of a revival of Carousel prompts the thought: Thank God they don't. I'd far rather see Miss Saigon for a fifth time, or Les Miserables for a ninth...
...role and Clinton's stewardship. Every land and age suspects that the present generation fails to live up to achievements of the past, so it was probably inevitable that people today would be wondering what happened to the Churchills and Roosevelts and De Gaulles, the Adenauers and Nehrus of yesteryear. Yet the present discontent goes beyond simple nostalgia. A terrible form of gridlock has seized the most prominent nations, from old democracies like the U.S. to the newest, most notably Russia...
Even more discouraging to Republicans of varying hues is Bush's surrender to the religious right on issues such as abortion, gay rights and pornography. Pro-choice advocates seeking even token concessions came away empty-handed. But they did get some support from yesteryear's conservative icon Barry Goldwater. The former Senator sent a letter from Arizona warning that the "convention will go down in shambles, as will the election," if the party clings to its adamant stand against abortion. Because Bush's most solid constituency now is the religious right, he cannot risk alienating it. Yet one of Bush...
This out-of-the-ordinary event characterized the spirited student body of yesteryear, according to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps...