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...Salvador, the war also seems at a stalemate. The Salvadoran army has been more aggressive in conducting sweeps of guerrilla country, and claims to have the Marxist rebels on the defensive. But the guerrillas have proved adept at disappearing into the bush, then materializing again for attacks like the one last week on the village of Santa Cruz Loma (see WORLD...
...first act provides some excellent entertainment as we laugh at WASPs stung by their own hypocrisy and caught in the next of tradition. The actors are adept at quickly setting up their character moods, which is especially important in these short scenes...
Director Sarah Szanton must be praised for her work. The many scene changes run smoothly. The WASPs in this play indeed buzz about quickly, but Stanton's adept direction ensures that they eventually find their way to their nest, bringing many of us home with them...
...fight most probably would be posed by a Communist threat to a friendly nation that is not formally an ally. And then the threat might well be raised not by open aggression but by a combination of military, political and economic tactics that Moscow is often adept at orchestrating and Washington usually inept at countering: the front groups, the street demonstrations, the infiltrated unions, the guerrilla units. One reason the U.S. sent troops to Viet Nam is that it lacked other alternatives to help its allies prevail against this sort of subversion. In fact, developing a capacity to engage...
Hayes, batting fifth, hitting at a 421 clip. She, too, has proved adept at drawing the free pass, with six walks on the year--working out to another...