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Then there are the Atlantic-community interests. An American misstep could have lasting consequences. There are also North-South overtones of colonialism and anticolonialism. It would be a tragic outcome if this issue were to deteriorate into that highly charged context...
...From the Morbid and Tragic Dept...
What happened is now tragic history. A mentally ill Allan Goodman forced his way into the Dame of the Rock mosque, and opened fire indiscriminately on the Muslim worshippers within. All hell broke loose. Word of the shooting quickly spread to all quarters of the city, and the residents of East Jerusalem poured into the streets and surged towards the mosque in fury...
Although Henry as a character on stage is rather minor, his tyrannical presence guides all the actions to their tragic conclusion. Gerrit Nicolas captures Henry's physical presence with his rotundity and temperamental facial expressions. But Nicolas doesn't stupefy or terrify the audience as his character does in the play because he's missing the regal conceit that makes a man a true king. And Henry's actions make friends turn into enemies and enemies turn into power-crazed villians...
SIPPING COLD, WEAK TEA in his unheated room, professor Jakob, the unlikely hero of Russell McCormmach's new novel, feels tragic and paralyzed wlstfulness for himself, his science, and his country. An old man, whose career was undistinguished, he recognizes his mediocrity. He can't event pass for a legend in his own mind. Even his redeeming, pure beyond ethereal dedication to physics, makes his achievements seem all the more Lackluster...