| Globe West events
These activities are scheduled for the area this week. Future events are included as space allows: THEATER Bellingham: Steps Off Broadway presents "Beauty and the Beast" through Feb. 11 at the John J. Lorusso Memorial Theater, 799 South Main St. Performances Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 508-876-9797. Newton: Theatre Ink presents "Chalk: The Musical" Feb. 8-10, 7:30 p.m. at Newton North High School, 360 Lowell Ave. $5. 617-559-6406, theatreink.net. Newton: Newton South Stage presents "Urinetown, the Musical" Feb. 8-10, 7:30 p.m., at Newton South High School. $8-$12. 617-559-6594, southstage.org. Upton: Enter Stage Left Theater Workshop presents "ESL Live!" Feb. 10, 8 p.m., at the Nipmuc Rod and Gun Club, 88 Fiske Mill Road.
Nigeria: BizLaw: For The Eyes of the NSC
Skills were what most athletic events used to take for outstanding achievement. No one really gave much thought to size. It used to be a much-quoted dictum that little, good 'un would take a big 'un to the cleaners. It may be true even till now, if the big man too were, not good himself People who are generously endowed with size by nature usually seemed to be gaunt and ungainly. They were notorious for being clumsy and niggardly in movement. But that is a thing of the past. The latter half of the Twentieth Century witnessed the breeding of a new class of hug. People who are well coordinated and sure-footed. When biochemistry became a discipline aligned to sports, it began to be applied to the definition of the ideal physique for outstanding performance in certain sports. Thus it was discovered that certain people, or race of people, with peculiar physical qualities excelled in particular sports.
Judges deem Constitution 'fluid'
Every year since 1973, millions of Americans have paused to remember the day when new words entered the American vocabulary. Words fraught with ambiguity, like "the right of personal privacy." Euphemisms, like "terminate one's pregnancy." Obscure phrases, like "the penumbras of the Bill of Rights." January after January we take time to remember these words and the carnage they have caused. In an act of breathtaking judicial arrogance, the Supreme Court of the United States on Jan. 22, 1973, "discovered" a right to abortion in the Constitution which had, theretofore, been overlooked by lawyers, judges and scholars for almost 200 years. As a consequence of the court's ruling, more than 47 million unborn children have perished at the hands of abortionists in this country. Thousands of women have suffered physical and emotional injury.
Well-known black Somerset educator honored
"He gives of himself tirelessly and when asked to do something for somebody else, 'no' doesn't seem to be a part of his vocabulary," she said. "If there is any such thing as overdue, this is it." The portrait has been delivered to the museum, Mitchell said, but it has not been determined when the painting will be hung. llhughes@dmg.gannett.com 410-749-7171, Ext. 216 .
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