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...efforts to contain the Cyprus situation and emphasizing his commitment to continuity in U.S. foreign policy. Whitehall officials later happily declared Anglo-American relations to be the warmest since the early 1960s, when Harold Macmillan's and John Kennedy's rambling phone conversations added "Jack-Mac" talks to the vocabulary of transatlantic diplomacy...
...previously undefeated Eastern Sprints Champion lightweight eight--bow John Kiger, two Jerry Boak, three Bob Leahey, four Peter Huntsman, five Mac Heller, six Leif Soderberg, seven Tom Hackert, stroke Ned Reynolds and cox Chris Ross--the loss in the Henley finale marked a frustrating conclusion to a long, successful season. The lights got to the finals with considerable ease in their first four races of the Regatta, but the Antwerp team proved too much for the Crimson to handle, winning by about two and one-half seconds
Peachum, a greedy and self-righteous rascal, and his alcholic wife (Margo Martindale) want better for their son-in-law than an infamous criminal. With little virtue of their own of which to boast, they bribe one of Mac's whores, Jenny Diver (Tiina Cartmell), into betraying him to the police. Scotland Yard is led by Mac's old army buddy, the powerful Tiger-Brown (Patrick Clean), whose own daughter Lucy (Cynthia Dickason) is also married secretly to Mac. Mac is arrested twice. The women fight for his allegiance. He is saved at the very end by a royal pardon...
...artificiality of the musical drama's structure--bits of action framed by songs--to his advantage. The songs became detached commentaries by the characters on their lives. Through songs, Brecht could argue that necessity was the mother of his characters' villainy and cynicism. "The Army Song," for example, Mac and Tiger Brown's recollection of army days, turns the fraternal joyfulness of army reminiscences into a horrible realization of what the military represents. In two show-stopping soliloquies, Lucy Brown's "Barbara Song" and Jenny Diver's "Solomon Song," the two women show that succumbing to sentimental attachment means ruin...
...Salsbury, Margo Martindale, Christopher Reeve, Jessica Richman, and Cynthia Dickason are all magnificent. All manage Weill's difficult music skillfully, and successfully recreate Brecht's mix of cynicism and passion. They derive admirable assistance from the minor players, particularly from Jonathan Frakes, who plays Matt, a resentful member of Mac's gang, and from Patrick Clear, who plays Tiger Brown...