To help pay the increase the Lord Chamberlain's Men had to do something theater companies usually were loath to: They sold publication rights to four of their most popular plays, all by Shakespeare--Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV and Love's Labour's Lost.

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David Boren (D-Okla.), who served in the Senate with Connie Mack III (R-Fla.), the father of incoming Rep. Connie Mack IV.

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