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...their comrades, identifiable by their bright green uniforms, lie dead in no-man's-land. An exchange of automatic-weapons fire echoes through the valley. Moments later, two Soviet-built Ethiopian MiGs roar overhead in search of the rebels' camouflaged artillery and tank emplacements. Sipping tea in his command bunker, Afewerki Melke, a field commander of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, turns to his visitors and says, "Why we're here is simple. All we want is our land...
SUPERB ACTING in the midst of fine direction is the most impressive aspect of this production. Moore, as the self-assured and occasionally snide King Richard II, and John of Gaunt (Stephen Gutwillig) give command performances. Moore is especially powerful in Act III when Richard hears his troops have deserted him. His acting captivates the viewer as he kneels in the flashlit room speaking to the ground and questioning the "destined doom" of a king "within whose crown lies death's court" and desperately cries out, "I am a human, too." Again, Moore commands the stage during his resignation scene...
...Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade's junior division. I'm sure your work at the helm of the movement will be very rewarding for you personally....I of course continue to hold pronounced differences with your political tendencies...but the prospect of your new command nevertheless increases the already deep respect I feel for you as an individual...
According to prefects, the command "not to get personally involved" made up the bulk of their "training" to deal with romantically-inclined freshmen. In fact, the prefect who was reassigned says he missed that first meeting and consequently never found out dating one's advisees was prohibited...
Fusco, the ECAC Player of the Year in '84-'85, does more than just key the Crimson first line and power play. His consistency (he had 29 straight games with at least a point last year) and his willingness to take command at crucial junctures set him apart from the rest of the skaters on the Harvard team and perhaps the rest of the players in college hockey...