By Susannah Howe This year’s Winsor-Belmont Hill Upper School play, After Juliet, by Sharman McDonald, sounds fanciful, even fluffy: a sequel to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with Rosaline, Romeo’s old flame, as the main character. In fact, it’s a dark exploration of gender, violence, and other complex themes and, as such, contains explicit language and …
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By Caroline G. MacGillivray Just when it seemed like the lights were dimming on the Kennedy saga—“Camelot,” as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wistfully called it—the members of the famous family have been called out for an encore. It’s typical of Kennedy girlfriends to be intimidated by the press attention—unless you are bringing the attention with you, …
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By Abigail Parker OBAMA: Keyword and full quotation: "After my election I have more flexibility". Context: Obama said this quotation after a meeting about nuclear security with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Unfortunately, his microphone was still on, leading audiences to question what aspect of nuclear security he can or will be more flexible on …
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