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Scales and Litman alternate performances as Nick, and both turn in commendable performances as the middle-aged 12-year old who combines an earnest wisdom with a gleeful sense of comedy. Scales begins unevenly marring his performance with unclear diction, rushed lines, and a soft tone, but once he gains his stride he does a good job as Murray's sidekick. He particularly excels in the climatic scene when Murray must decide whether to capitulate to society and return to work. Scales protests Murray's decision with devastating honesty and childlike earnestness...
...unclear whether Mr. Aquino will actually be executed, since the Marcos regime has officially executed only one man, a narcotics dealer, since martial law was imposed, although others have disappeared. But even if Mr. Aquino is not executed, his case is the most striking example of Marcos's blatant attempts to silence, or at least discredit, his political opponents...
...joke--emaciated, announcing to Pomme that he is a "brilliant student," he is practically a caricature of an intellectual. When Francois brings Pomme to a party, he listens attentively to a friend describe the current era as "the age of the box." Pomme looks bewildered, but it's unclear whether the narrative aims at showing her as intellectually inadequate or merely unable to swallow the crap. Given this ambivalent attitude about Francois, it's difficult to feel a deep sense of loss when the inevitable break-up occurs...
Just where the team is heading remains unclear. If they continue to win they will attract attention and consider a move up in class to Formula Vee, or, if they can afford it, they might attempt to race in European Formula Three. "Five years ago every up-and-coming road racer wanted to go to Europe, but now the important thing is to do as well as you can, wherever you are," Medenica says...
Exactly how these areas of conflict may best be resolved is, admittedly, unclear. Still, through its willingness to identify the most important points of contention underlying the Middle East dispute and to press all the parties involved to compromise, the Carter administration has opened the dialogue that is a prerequisite to an equitable and lasting peace agreement...