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Arnolphe, fearing those legendary horns of the cuckold, has raised his ward, a lovely, blushing maiden, to be ignorant and totally naive: in other words, to be the perfect male for him. It is the witty, worldly-wise woman, he reasons, who charms the gallant and places the horns on her husband's head. The play details the inevitable failure of Arnolphe's plan. The girl, Agnes, falls in love with a simple-minded gallant, Horace, and she suddenly develops a measure of ingenious cunning which delivers her (with the help of a few suitable ridiculous coincidences...
...Noam Chomsky, Ward professor of linguistics at MIT and a noted critic of American involvement in S.E. Asia, yesterday called the high officials who attempted to supress the publication of the Pentagon Papers "wolves who have imposed secrecy to enslave American citizens...
...game is deliberately weighted in Nixon's favor -he starts out with more money and media points than the others-the contest can be equalized if he lands on a square that requires him to draw special cards, one of which might send him to the laryngitis ward, similar to Monopoly's jail. Other cards may trigger Cabinet shakeups or a kickback scandal. Play continues until one candidate collects 270 electoral votes. MR. PRESIDENT (3M Co.; $8.95) is a game for two to four players who campaign for popular or electoral votes. According to the directions, each party...
...first show in Adams House this fall will be the satirical fantasy Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward. It is being done by Black CAST (Black Community and Student Theatre) and will be free on the weekend of November...
What is most interesting about the vote is that it marked a tremendous change in Philadelphia's traditional voting patterns. Rizzo won substantially in the traditionally Republican, Italian and Irish wards. He carried the 21st Ward on the Northeast side, for example, with about 60 per cent of the vote. Before Tuesday, Ward 21, which is mostly Italian, but includes some working class Jews, had voted for every Republican candidate for Mayor since the Civil...