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...weak motors. A good trip takes 10 hours. A nightmare takes days. And for uncounted Cubans swept into the Atlantic during a storm, the journey is eternal. At least 60, including Elian's mother, have paid the price this year. It's not uncommon in Miami for telephones to ring in Cuban-American households with nervous relatives asking across a line crackling with static, "Have you seen our son? He left last week. Have you heard anything about him?" Often...
...tension between Children of Eden as didactic educational tool and as entertainment is never fully resolved. The musical engages serious and more humorous numbers alike, ranging from Eve's "The spark of creation" where she questions the validity of her curiosity in Eden to the ironic "A ring of Stones" where Cain, Eve and Abel embrace Stonehenge. This unsettling contrast is no fault of the production staff or the actors but of Children of Eden itself...
Although the predictions that the world would end were about as accurate as Dionne Warwick's Psychic Friends Network, the precautionary efforts undertaken by companies and governments worldwide ensured that we can safely ring in the new year, the last year of the second millennium...
...Arab world will follow suit. Enlarging the circle of peace in the Middle East, Barak reasons, will enhance Israel's security by further isolating states opposed to the peace process like Iran and Iraq. Not long ago encircled by hostile neighbors, Israel will become the center of a ring of peace...
...books? Mostly small. The quality of our cultural criticism is generally so low that one cannot tell how good or bad any artist is, but in literature, at least, it is highly unlikely that any writer touted as a heavyweight in our era will make it to the ring in yours. Movies that once were judged by normal artistic criteria are now valued by the amount of money they make over a weekend. For your horrified amusement, see if you can dig up a print of something called Scream or The Blair Witch Project...