Word: cryptogramic
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...scope of the crisis can be seen in the latest edition of the Success, in a stark page and a half black-and-white public legal notice, posted by the Schleicher County Clerk. It is two long, soulless lists of case numbers and names that serve as a cryptogram to the story. The public notice informs the parents of the 416 children taken by the TDFPS that they are being sued by the state - the 136 listed lawsuits begin with case "2779, in the interest of baby girl Jessop #26600765" and run on, some listing children by their full names...
SHAKESPEAREAN CRYPTOGRAM...
...years of age that year, and if you go to Psalm 46 and count in 46 words, you will come to the word shake. Go to the end of the psalm and count back 46 words, and the next word is spear. Perhaps it is a clever Shakespearean cryptogram. JOHN J. BEECING Bangkok
...setting is a homey, if spare, living room; but nothing much else about David Mamet's play The Cryptogram, which opened in Boston last week in a production by the American Repertory Theatre, is very reassuring. A young boy waits eagerly for his father to come home; he never does. The boy's mother is first heard offstage, breaking a teapot. A gay friend of the family's dissolves in guilt over a betrayal. No one seems capable of finishing a sentence or answering a question directly. There is vaguely unsettling talk about a combat knife...
...Cryptogram. Through Feb. 26. By DavidMamet. The story of betrayal, loss, thedestruction of faith in human friend-ship, and thefragility of the bonds of love. Performances beginat 8 p.m., Tues.-Sat.; at 7 p.m., sun.; and at 2p.m., Sat. and Sun. at the C. Walsh Theatre,Beacon Hill, Boston. Call 547-8300 for moreinformation...