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...energetic Paul Benedict, as Scrooge, is the actor you know you know, but you just can't place. (His place, for trivia's sake, is "on the East side, in a deluxe apartment in the sky." He played the off-beat neighbor, Harry Bentley, on television's The Jeffersons.) Benedict dominates the stage throughout, although one does worry that he might keel over due to coronary failure brought on by excessive energy expenditure. The rest of the company, from toddlers on up, performs relatively anonymously but nonetheless effectively as background for Scrooge's transformation...
...long as we criticize the president's every move, we discourage him from taking any action and following through on his promise of change. For the sake of the national morale, I hope Clinton proves worthy of the trust we have decided to place...
...much to ask of college students to think of sex as something that should not happen with an unwilling--or unconscious--partner. For the sake of possible victims and possible perpetrators, a clear statement of this principle is important. That is exactly what the Task Force definition offers...
...baffling conundrums: where do you find the balconies and gardens on a riverboat? Why are war-weary veterans holidaying on the water with the governor of Messina? What kind of steamer comes complete with a crypt? This hare-brained Steamboat Willie hybrid smacks of direction for direction's sake...
What the world sees is not always reassuring. The Lithuanian elections serve as a warning that there is a limit to the burdens people will endure for the sake of political and economic reform. But even though hardship and turmoil have plagued their first 12 months of freedom, the Baltic states sacrificed too much in the struggle for independence to forfeit their dreams of a better life. Few Balts, after all, would trade their nation's future -- however uncertain -- for its past...