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...performances are all individually creditable, but Will Lee and Bernard Wurger are too high-pitched for the rest of the cast, and particularly for Eda Reiss Merin's well-controlled, neatly uncliched portrayal of Bessie. The set, a brown concoction involving one compound flat and a good deal of well-chosen furniture, is just fine...
...Eda B. Vidale, a study of the history of ideas about the brain and its functions; Elizabeth T. McLaughlin, a study of the relationship between John Milton and the English romantics; Sonya Monosoff, two editions of Geminiani sonatas for publication and performance; Fredelle B. Maynard, a book of short stories and essays based on her childhood on the Canadian prairie and Janet L. Fisher, research in the field of category theory and its relevance to algebraic geometry...
...Tokyo's musty old Kudan Hall for their 28th annual convention, the Socialists had a chance to change the party's image. Up for re-election was Party Chairman Kozo Sasaki, 65, whose far-left tendencies have helped establish the present ideological direction. The challenger was Saburo Eda, 59, a moderate who seeks to direct the party into more vote-catching paths by de-emphasizing such Marxian credos as class war and nationalization. Instead, Eda promised to head the party toward his "Eda vision," an eclectic selection of party goals that would have Japan under the Socialists strive...
...showdown, the vote split along predictable factional lines: 313 for Hard-liner Sasaki v. 274 for Eda and his vision. It was a guarantee that if Premier Sato does call a general election next month, the major opposition will not only still be out of touch with modern Japan, but will also be even more badly divided than his own scandal-tainted Liberal Democrats...
...shout a triumphant ohi (no) when his name was called in the roll on the vote of confidence, then stalk out dramatically, leaving the chamber behind in cacaphonic chaos. To win his majority, since 24 Center Union Deputies backed Novas, Papandreou needed, and got, the support of 22 EDA (proCommunist) deputies, to add to the 145 votes of Center Unionists who had remained loyally behind their stubborn old leader. Young King Constantine was on the spot, and he had no choice but to talk things over with Papandreou next day. After a 75-minute conference, Papandreou emerged to say only...