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...Leontes's opposite number, Polixenes, who first suffers injustice and later commits it, George Hearn is an admirable successor to Jack Ryland, although he is not wholly at home in Shakespearean speech. Josef Sommer, absent from the AST for several seasons, is back, once more giving the impression that he was born speaking the Bard's language. This year he is Camillo, the lord who links the worlds of the two kings; and his performance is exemplary (except that the director still insists on substituting the word "undress" for the correct "discase...
Conspicuously absent from Reagan's campaign-or Ford's -was any salute to the last Republican elected President. Ford did not even mention Nixon's name, substituting instead "my predecessor" or "Lyndon Johnson's successor." Explained the President: "It is better for all of us just not to remind ourselves of that unfortunate period...
Schlaudroff said he has the power only to report to Walsh, and to make recommendations on disciplinary action. He said he has never recommended that a student be removed from the patrol, although he said he has found several tardy or absent from their posts...
...wanted." Co-sponsored by Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, the march drew Senators Edward Kennedy and Edward Brooke. Some 30,000 people showed up, and while the march's tone was decidedly positive and the crowds seemed concerned, militant blacks and firm busing foes were notably absent. Whether long-term peace was any closer remained in doubt...
Meanwhile, the position of the professional army remains a mystery. While party leaders and the heads of government ministries were turned out for the pro-Mao demonstrations last week, several key military commanders were absent. Among the most important was Ch'en Hsi-lien, commander of the Peking military district, a member of the Politburo and widely regarded as the country's most powerful general. In the past, the army often favored the kind of moderation practiced by Chou and Teng. The fact that it is staying aloof from the current struggle may be bad news...