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...special flavor. This story of a king whose reason slips away, whose Establishment wishes him gone and whose sons plot against him could make the material for a solemn biopic. Yet even the most dramatic moments in Bennett's play are punctuated with laughs and a tongue-in-cheek manner. The recreation of this difficult symbiosis between tragedy and farce was all the harder as the play's director brought a completely different agenda to this production...

Author: By Irina Serbanescu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'George III': Mad to the Bone | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...thought he handled himself really well juggling the issues...He managed to put them all together in a manner that makes sense," said Stephanie L. Coon '01, an English concentrator in Kirkland House...

Author: By Candice C. Cho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Discharged Lt. Denounces Army Policy | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...Perhaps the question we should be asking is, "Are These Drivers Safe?" Certainly if the tread on a tire separates or there is a design flaw in an automobile, the manufacturers bear some responsibility if people are injured or killed. I think drivers also bear some responsibility if the manner in which they drive endangers themselves or others. suvs are not sports cars and should be driven with special care. That extra horsepower is not there to make you a race driver like Jeff Gordon. JOHN COTHRAN San Ramon, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...effort to solve the HMO problem, he might as well have pulled a shiny chrome instrument out of his back pocket and performed an invasive procedure on one of the Undecideds. In the face of details, Bush seeks refuge in his own good intentions, expressed in a warm bedside manner. "You can quote all the numbers you want. I'm telling you, we care about our people in Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Love Got to Do with It? | 10/21/2000 | See Source »

Kathleen Turner is in many ways the perfect woman for this role. From the opening toilet flush, her sultry voice and seductive manner mesh perfectly with Bankhead's lusty persona. It is unexpectedly easy to forget you're watching Kathleen Turner instead of Tallulah Bankhead. The one-woman show takes the form of an intimate conversation with the audience as Bankhead plans her entrance into the political arena-no easy task for a woman who once described herself as "pure as the driven slush." As Bankhead, Turner confides details of her sex life, knocks back enough liquor to fell...

Author: By Krisa Benskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turner Plays Tallulah, Daaaaahling | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

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