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...there into three camps. Some priests support the U.S.-backed regime, others back the leftist insurgents, while the majority are caught somewhere in between. Hoping to bring unity into the Salvadoran church hierarchy, John Paul announced on the eve of his trip that he had appointed acting Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, 59, as the successor to the martyred Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who had been ruthlessly shot down, presumably by fanatic rightists, while saying a Mass in 1980. Since Rivera y Damas has consistently called for a national "dialogue" to end the bloodshed, his selection...
...have to make peace within the church. Conservative supporters of the government fear that he is coming to make a plea for "dialogue" with the rebels, while some proponents of liberation theology see the Pontiff as a friend of the ruling "oligarchy." Caught in the middle is Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, the temporary administrator of the Archdiocese in the capital city of San Salvador...
...world is a crystalline Stonehenge and miracles are the order of the day. His teacher is a sage (played by Edmund Lyndeck, a seasoned performer). The faun who haunts his dreams (Rebecca Wright) is a comet from American Ballet Theater. And his enemy, the wicked Queen, is Chita Rivera, a blast furnace best remembered from West Side Story. In the classic tradition, gorgon and wise man vie for the magician's soul and the privilege of influencing the unseen Arthur, the once and future king...
...decided to review Merlin two weeks before Feb. 13, the latest scheduled official premiere. The producers complained. True, Merlin had been trying out in New York City since Dec. 10, but only because the show was too complicated to take out of town. Repairs were still going on. Demanded Rivera: "Would [the critics] come to Philadelphia? Because that's where we are!" Post Reviewer Clive Barnes concurred: "I personally deplore my colleague's decision. A musical my is not the same as a fire." Countered the New York Times 's Arts and Leisure editor William Honan: "Our responsibility...
...Rivera said, "I am not going to respond today...there is ample opportunity for student output in a context of correct action. Rivera said he believed it inappropriate to discuss the Ethnic Studies issue because the academic program review process is currently underway...