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...helpful character, May Wish, seems to take pity on the bewildered listeners and offers an explanation of the play's symbolism. The cigar (whose properties preoccupy Iambiguous the Tam) is, she says, the moral equivalent of the magic kazoo (which equally intrigues lamb) and the aesthetic substitute for the nose of the noiseless Shaded Veiled Lady (who, of course, also fascinates our hero). Very illuminating. But May Wish's commentary does make one point clear: the play builds on obscurity as a spoof of dramatic convention. Iamiguous lives up to his name, and his lady could not be more enigmatic...
...mixed chorus of reverberating Buddhist gongs and an authoritative 101-gun artillery salute, one of the oldest monarchies on earth was pronounced dead last week. In ceremonies before a joint session of the Cambodian Parliament, the President of Cambodia's National Assembly declared: "I, In Tam, officially proclaim the Khmer republic. Our country is indivisible." The fabled Khmer empire-begun in 802, conqueror of much of Southeast Asia a millennium ago, creator of the glories of Angkor Wat-was no more. In the newly named Place de la République near the former Royal Palace, Premier...
Roving gangs of black 1st Air Cav troopers at Bien Hoa and of 9th Division soldiers at Dong Tam have waylaid unsuspecting whites...
...blacks today feel differently about the war, life in America and themselves. "The young black soldiers are much more hostile than ever before," said Capt. Alexander Benjamin of Mobile, Ala., a black personnel management officer in the 9th Army Division when I visited him in Dong Tam. "I think we are probably building a recruiting base for militant groups in America. It frightens...
...Gardner and S. I. Hayakawa, the acting president of San Francisco State who is noted for his jaunty tam o'shanter and his strong reactions against student radicalism, have been the two most frequently suggested nominees in the letter poll. According to a story in the Boston Globe August 10, Hayakawa's popularity has disappointed several Harvard officials who are involved in the selection process...