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...Hearing the objection, McCain dropped his amendment, but the incident left a bad taste with several of the committee's Democrats. They knew that smaller television companies were pushing hard to loosen the FCC rules. Two of those companies were Glencairn and Paxson Communications, which had hired Hector Alcalde to represent them before McCain, with apparently good results. One month after the hearing, McCain met with the head of Glencairn, Eddie Edwards. Nine days later, at least three members of the Edwards family gave McCain maximum donations of $1,000 each...
...campus drawing for tickets is being organized. Late on Wednesday, the Texas Democratic Party announced it was freeing up 100 tickets for the "public" that would available through a website drawing. The total number of tickets available to the party has not been finalized, according to state party spokesman Hector Nieto, but there are no plans to increase the number of tickets in the public drawing. Winning tickets are non-transferable and will be split between Clinton and Obama supporters, with a few set aside for undecided voters. While Austin Democratic party officials said they had received a huge volume...
...dedication of director Alex N. Chase-Levenson ’08 to “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place” made it a coherent work. Jean Giradoux’s 1935 play poses a compelling historical scenario: What if Trojan hero Hector took drastic measures to avert the Trojan War before it began? Having personally translated the script from its original French, Chase-Levenson powerfully conveyed the subtle nuances of Giradoux’s dialogue through his directorial choices. These choices worked well artistically, although Chase-Levenson made a minor slip by allowing his cast...
...soul of “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place!” was its acting. Convincingly ditzy and self-involved, Geraldine K. Prasuhn ’09 brought a vapid Helen to life. As her foil, the war-weary Hector, Christopher J. Carothers ’11 embodied the disillusionment and despair that Giraudoux associates with war. Carothers infused his character with just the right combination of masculine pride and unwavering dedication to family. The stark contrast between Carothers and Prasuhn spoke to the struggle between the themes of fate and free will that dominated the play...
...place in society by arguing that Helen only has power because men have made her a symbol and linked their honor to her “purity.” A final confrontation between Ulysses (Augustine “Gus” T. Hickey ’11) and Hector suggested that man manufactures the cause of war by creating his enemy and establishing him as a threat to the honorable society. These sub-themes were sometimes more compelling than Chase-Levenson’s anti-war message...