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...party, Maimonides counsels, "Strive for moderation in all character traits . . . except for seeking honor, where the pious choose complete abstinence." The guest of honor would surely have stayed home. Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Editor Jewish Observer New York City...
...González, in a last, powerful address that mentioned the Atlantic Alliance only twice and peace 40 times, warned darkly of "political instability," which is something the Spaniards, now in their tenth year of democracy, have reason to fear. Lamented one opposition leader: "They have warned us of everything except an invasion of AIDS...
...control center, cheers rang out and champagne corks popped. Then came the bonus. Half an hour after the screens blacked out, Giotto's signals were picked up again; except for the camera, all of its instruments were still working...
...Greatest Show on Earth" has drawn acts from everywhere on the globe, except the People's Republic of China. But this year the "plentitudes of pachyderm precision" at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have been joined by "a charismatic, candescent constellation of allegiant acrobatics," by which the circus shills mean the 15-member Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe. The booking took nearly 14 years of talks with the Peking government. To make their guests comfortable, the circus stocked up on rice "by the major bagful," built a special train car with a Chinese-style kitchen...
That territory was, of course, sex. Except for Hair (1967), which caused gasps with its blink-of-the-eye moment of frontal nudity, naked bodies--really naked bodies--had never before been seen on a respectable stage. Oh! Calcutta! thus made history of a kind when after a striptease with bathrobes, the entire cast threw off the veil of terry cloth and lined up across the stage, protected by nothing but smiles and goose pimples. "It was a staggeringly inventive piece of theater at the time," says one of its twelve writers, Director Robert Benton (Places in the Heart...