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...lies in his decision to ignore the playwright's role as storyteller. Regardless of whether or not one wishes to tell a story with a given piece of theater, it is impossible to put anything on a stage without telling a story on some level. Narrative, in its most basic form, is simply a direct and inevitable byproduct of time. And unlike artforms such as painting or sculpture which work only with space, both space and time are the fundamental media of theater. Artaud condemns the overemphasis on dialogue in modern theater as a means of conveying narrative, opting instead...
...protesters represent a diverse set of interests, opinions and solutions. And their basic premise - that the architecture of the international finance and trade systems is in dire need of overhaul - has plenty of adherents on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. But while everyone from President Clinton and World Bank chairman James Wolfenson to Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader may agree on the need for change, there's little accord on what should be changed...
...assistance, though, comes at a price. The fund's basic operating premise is that policy adjustments are as important as funds in turning around struggling economies. It therefore requires beneficiaries of its loans to adopt a set of policies in line with the fund's "Washington Consensus" - cutting government spending, opening up markets to foreign trade and investment and adopting the free market principles that have prevailed in the U.S. over the past two decades. Loans are typically disbursed in stages, with IMF officials measuring compliance with the fund's terms...
...Clinton administration accepts the basic premise and function of the IMF, but believes the institution is too bureaucratic, inefficient and insensitive to the specifics of crisis situations that erupt periodically. They want the institution reformed to make it more transparent and more responsive to the fast-changing needs of the global financial system, and more sensitive to the humanitarian dimension of currency collapse in developing countries...
...MCAS standards demand that high school seniors pass a relatively basic math and English test geared toward tenth graders. Questions ask students to identify the main clause in a sentence, identify the rate of increase if the minimum wage goes from $5.25 per hour to $5.75 per hour and demonstrate similar basic skills. The staff shortchanges high schoolers when it suggests this is an unreasonably high standard of material to expect them to know. And the staff would do the students no favors by sending them out into the world without these basic math and English skills...