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If what seemed groundbreaking in 1971 has become mainstream, even slightly dated, the reason is that Follies profoundly influenced much of what followed. The show remains at once a brilliant pastiche and a prescient farewell to a style of musical that became the most popular form of theater in history...
But will the cold war remain, in that sense, a war? Will the struggle that has bifurcated the world for the past 40 years continue with the same crusading fervor for the next 40? Not necessarily. The cold war has never been a stable phenomenon. Its intensity has waxed and...
The Commissary is an arty cafeteria with decent, moderately priced choices. Breakfast may include crackling thick Irish oatmeal or homemade muffins, and at brunch and lunch there are well-made omelets. Probably Philadelphia's most widely acclaimed French restaurant is Le Bec-Fin. Although not quite up to its national...
"Original intent has a strong gravitational pull," acknowledges Columbia Law Professor Henry Monaghan. But how specific an intent are we looking for? Today's interpreters of the Constitution, for example, would never tolerate the brutality of the criminal punishments that were prevalent 200 years ago -- brandings, say, or the puncturing...
Personally, Greenspan is something of a study in contrasts. Soft-spoken and shy, he nonetheless cuts an impressive swath on the social circuit that revolves around Manhattan's Upper East Side and Washington's Georgetown. The economist, who favors custom-made shirts and conservative suits, can be spotted at parties...