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Nixon's speech has had immediate effects at home. The most crucial one is political: since the speech, with a step-up in the North Vietnamese offensive and a wind-down of antiwar protest across the country, Nixon has been able to rally support in Congress for his time-worn Cold War strategies. Suddenly there is a new wave of support for his determination that "the respect of other nations is essential if the U.S. is to lead the way in building a world stability." But this is not a question of international esteem for the United States's intervention...
...consequence of the nation's economic woes. Inflation has driven up prices of many U.S.-made products, leading manufacturers to clamor for barriers against imports. Rising unemployment has swung the A.F.L.-C.I.O. to the protectionist side; its lobbyists buttonholed Ways & Means members outside H208 last week to repeat time-worn restrictionist arguments. Sample from Union Lobbyist Liz Jaeger, who once championed free trade but is now campaigning for shoe quotas: "Shoes are vital for defense. An army has to have shoes to march on, doesn't it?" The A.F.L.-C.I.O. stand weighed heavily in the Ways & Means votes...
...often claimed that Bertram did nothing wrong when he thought he was committing adultery with Diana since he was in actuality copulating with his own wife. But this goes against the time-worn truth voiced in the Book of Proverbs: "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." Peter Thompson looks young and handsome in the role, but he does not have sufficient dash to balance the gross deficiencies in Bertram's character...
...cruel ruse, the CIA's team of writers resorted even to such time-worn tricks as the formless plot, the dialect joke, and the late-President slur. But again the audience refused to see its vision dashed, and the intelligence men's most basic weapon--mimic ability--carried the show. On top of which, the CIA as usual was technically flawless. The set it put together, even forgetting the incredibly short notice it had for last night's performance, was remarkable. So were the uniformly clever and colorful costumes. This being a commedia dell'arte with updated themes and references...
...entertainment, whisking journalistic integrity out through the trap door to my left. So, instead of this vista-vision gas, we took in Knife in the Water. This fact notwithstanding, I feel qualified to review Charade; qualified through prolonged exposure to its advertisements, through hearsay and deduction, and through time-worn familiarity with its principal players...