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...Pope and Johnson is entertaining, provocative reading. William King's amusing story of a licentious nobleman and a guileful beggar woman, "The Beggar Woman" and the anonymous "Art of Wenching" are both good fun. John Ellis' "Sarah Hazard's Love Letter," is a poignant verse based upon an actual tragic letter. In "The Rural Lass", Catherine Jemmat's story of a woman determined to marry despite her parents' disapproval, sheds some light on the pitifully subordinate plight of the eighteenth century women Edward Chicken's portrait of "The Collier's Wedding" is a somber depiction of a rural feast that...
...floor debate, Democrats, including Sen. John Glenn of Ohio, noted that the actual legislation to be voted on would permit help to the contras and includes none of the restrictions included in Reagan's non-binding letter...
Baritz' achievements is to link these cultural realities to the actual history of the war. He recounts the entire history of American involvement in Vietnam, from the World War II days when Ho Chi Minh worked as a U.S. intelligence agent against the Japanese occupation, to the initial American opposition, to France's postwar attempt to reestablish its colonial empire in Indochina. America's attidue toward Vietnam changed, though, not because of any change in Ho Chi Minh or the Vietnamese liberation movement, but because of political events at home...
...sharpest criticisms came from the panel's dissenting judge, J. Skelly Wright, who called his colleagues' interpretation of actual malice "a startling revision." If the jury verdict is upheld, Wright predicted, "the effect on freedom of expression will be incalculable. The message to the media will be unmistakable--steer clear of unpleasant news stories." The Post is expected to ask the full ten-member appeals court to hear the case...
...those who would rather not think about World War II, or the cold war either, one of the main events of the year is the 300th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach.* Anyone who missed the St. Matthew Passion in Bach's hometown of Leipzig on his actual birthday, March 21, can sample Bach festivals in Hamburg, Berlin, Heidelberg and Stuttgart, as well as the nine-day Bachanalia on the island of Madeira in June. And if this seems a surfeit of baroque music, remember that June 16 is Bloomsday in Dublin, when admirers of James Joyce spend 18 hours retracing...