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Some Freaks, like the author's previous collection of commentary, Writing in Restaurants, is a break from the demands of a difficult craft. It is also a chance for the playwright to mouth off and strike a number of disparate poses: the poker-playing resident of Vermont, the city boy who likes London tea shops, the gunner who belongs to both the N.R.A. and the A.C.L.U. and the provocateur who holds that women have no instinct for compromise and negotiation. Ranging widely, Mamet allows that "I am, by nature and profession, a browser." With the expanded confidence that comes with...
...were the first installment of what Britain has announced will be a mass forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. Those who are to be expelled from the crown colony -- the number could exceed 40,000 -- fail to qualify as political refugees (as opposed to economic migrants) and are therefore considered illegal immigrants. Under an agreement between London and Hanoi, Britain will pay Viet Nam some $620 for each returning boat person in exchange for the promise that the returnees will not be persecuted...
...responsible for monitoring 63,000 food firms, 14,000 drug companies, 13,000 medical-device manufacturers and 1,700 cosmetics houses. During the Reagan Administration, cutbacks at the FDA were seen by many probusiness advocates as one important means of unshackling industry. But now, with the number of staffers at the agency down to 7,500 from a 1980 high of 8,100, even business lobbyists are not so sure. "The problems at the FDA stem directly from the deregulatory process," says John Cady, president of the National Food Processors Association. "They just do not have the resources...
...than the $46 million Congress provided to seek a cure for the disease. With health-conscious Americans including less red meat in their diets, the FDA's thin line of inspectors has been forced to monitor increasing amounts of seafood, imported fruits and vegetables, and chicken and eggs. A number of spectacular food- tampering cases, like last March's poisoned Chilean grape case (only two tainted grapes were discovered), forced the agency to reassign up to one-third of all FDA inspectors for long periods of time. "When an emergency comes along," says one FDA official, "we stop doing things...
...about eight players could be playing number one on any given day," Piltch said. "In fact, there are about 15 or 20 players who are really good...