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...containing an enormous portrait of Elvis, a malt-shop sign and a jukebox, these sentiments seem better suited to tenth-grade teeny-boppers than seasoned literati. Moreover, the characters' "hip" enunciation of phrases like "they're so square" mix poorly with the original "prithee's." To cap it off, Colonel Calverly's (David Magill) patter song with the dragoons, although extremely well sung, is simply neither tuneful nor funny...
Come to a rocky meadow on California's Mount Shasta, where a New Zealander named Neville Rowe tells the encircling crowd of 200 (admission: $10) that he speaks with the voice of Soli, an "off-planet being" who has never actually lived on earth. Dressed in a white-peaked cap, purple shirt and purple shoes, Rowe clutches a bottle of Evian water as the voice emerges from him in a rather peculiar British accent. "You are here to express who you are," says Soli. "You are here to search for yourself. The highest recognition you can make is that...
Then I showered and put on a stocking cap, a sweater, a pair of tights and some sweatpants. I took one step outside and said, "This isn't going to be enough...
...speeches. She actually questioned the good taste of this tradition. Imagine that! In short, she was too dumb--or rather too smart--no, too dumb to come. Well, at least she knows that if one doesn't have anything smart to say, one shouldn't come to Harvard. Old Cap Weinberger didn't realize this and we had to resort to ketchup to drown him out. And that Contra-guy, (what was his name?) it took him two visits here before he understood that he didn't fit in. Boy was he dumb! Thank goodness more people are getting...
Congressional opponents of takeovers hope to keep the raiders from returning to their full glory. The House last week passed a tax bill that, among other things, would put a $5 million cap on interest deductions for debt resulting from takeovers. The measure would inhibit corporate raids, and many Wall Streeters believe the specter of the possible tax change depressed takeover stocks and thus played a role in setting off October's crash. Raiders hope the anti-takeover provision will die in House-Senate conference when lawmakers realize that the tax could drive stock prices still lower...