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...movie. Mac Arthur, starring Gregory Peck. The screening, however, may not be that relaxing. Eerily, history is repeating itself. Douglas MacArthur was abruptly recalled and sacked in 1951 for defying President Harry Truman by calling for an expansion of the Korean War to mainland China. Now another, lesser general is on the carpet for speaking out against another President's Korean policies...
AMONG THE LESSER CHARACTERS, the Duke of Milan is almost guaranteed to make a hit. Paris K.C. Barclay presides over "Bring All the Boys Back Home" in robust and jazzy style, accompanied by his spry side-kick, Thurio (Stephen Hayes), who has been poured into a snazzy green and orange jester's outfit with token military trimmings. The transformation of Shakespeare's Duke into a war-mongering politician hasn't dated since the demise of the Vietnam war. Eglamour's singing voice tends to coast out of key, and the Chinese dragon he musters to his aid is lovely...
...desirability and proper emotional upbringing of illegitimate children. While Shakespeare doesn't wrangle over issues as pragmatic as pregnancy in this play, you wonder if he didn't have more on his mind than Julia's male disguise when he put these words in her mouth: "It is the lesser blot, modesty finds,/Women to change their shape than men their minds...
...Trip. A defendant in Boston, pleased at obtaining a hung jury in his trial for the murder of his wife, refused generous offers from the prosecution to plea-bargain for a lesser charge. A second jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter...
...Since an estimated 40% of house heat escapes through faulty flues, ill-fitting windows and porous walls, tax rebates would be offered to homeowners who insulate their residences. The amount: a 25% personal income tax credit on the first $800 outlay, or a tax saving of $200, and a lesser percentage on the next $1,400. For householders unable to raise the cash, utility companies will be required to offer installment-plan insulation programs for their customers...