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...Broadway cast included Glenn Close, Jill Eikenberry and Swoosie Kurtz. Her 1983 hit comedy, Isn't It Romantic, which ran for two years off-Broadway, is a thinly veiled tale of Wasserstein's relations with her own larger-than-life mother. But even here, Janie Blumberg, the playwright's alter ego, rejects a suffocating marriage with a very eligible doctor and utters Heidi-esque lines like "I made choices based on an idea that doesn't exist anymore." Still, the spirit of the play is more aptly conveyed by Janie's comically maladroit efforts to cook a roast chicken...
...course, this is a double-edged sword--the "Bloom County" crew of politically-aware funny animals is currently running on air. After four years, has Watterson's device--a boy's ability to alter his cartoon reality quickly--also gone cold...
...very thought of being able to read the entire genetic message, and perhaps alter it, is alarming to those who fear the knowledge could create many moral and ethical problems. Does genetic testing constitute an invasion of privacy, for example, and could it lead to more abortions and to discrimination against the "genetically unfit"? Should someone destined to be stricken with a deadly genetic disease be told about his fate, especially if no cure is yet available? Does it demean humans to have the very essence of their lives reduced to strings of letters in a computer data bank? Should...
...search for a new liaison between Harvard and the community probably will not alter the way the University negotiates with Cambridge, Boston and the state, a top University official said yesterday...
...There was no doubt in our minds that we were going to win," Meberg said. "We played amazing defense that made them have to alter their game...