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Every year, some fantasist in the Marine Corps dreams up a scenario like this for the start of training maneuvers at Twentynine Palms, the 932-square-mile Marine base in the Mojave Desert. This year things are a little different. The war in Viet Nam is over, and the Marines must think about where they might be called next-and would they be ready for battle in the Middle East? The Marines are also having trouble meeting their recruitment quotas, so they need to know how their reservists might function in combat. Nine thousand Marines took part last week...
...tapes he heard demonstrate that Nixon knew nothing of the Watergate cover-up at the time of the meetings. Though unconvinced by Haldeman's testimony, the Senators suspected that they were walking into a White House trap in their quest for the tapes. One theory, called "Paranoid Scenario No. 1" by New York City's Village Voice, is that Nixon-despite his statements to the contrary-really wants the tapes made public because they support his version of events; his refusal to release them now is designed to build up the drama...
...furnishes the tapes or ignores it, though it is almost inconceivable that he would not obey the highest court. If he does ignore the ruling, the Senate has no way to see that the court order is enforced and Nixon retains his tapes. But, according to this hypothetical scenario, the Congress then resorts to its final weapon. Since the President is in clear and direct violation of his oath to uphold the laws of the land, he is impeached...
...Korda's scenario, the sexes do meet. The "lowlevel satyromania" beneath the chill surface of office life engenders assorted love affairs. But because of the status scramble most liaisons are ersatz. When the colleagues of one executive discovered that contrary to the sly suggestions he liked to make, he was really not sleeping with his pretty secretary, the poor chap felt obliged to fire her and take another job himself. Here, as elsewhere, Korda often chooses an odd example, then proceeds on the assumption that it is some kind of norm. In real life, secretaries are often victimized...
...parallels are far from exact, but this scenario is roughly what we find in Measure for Measure, with which the American Shakespeare Theatre (the word 'Festival' has just been dropped from its name) has opened its 19th season. In choosing the play (not done here since 1956) long before the Watergate hearings, director Michael Kahn proved himself uncannily prophetic...