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...laughs which seep through the dense prose belong to Lawrence. His timely perversion of rhythms point to Eliot's potential for levity even amidst the most serious and cyclical treaties on time past, future and present...
...Amidst all this fooliness there are two entries listed in the Child World which I find genuinely objectionable. The first is a minority version of a Cabbage Patch kid, called Bambo. Neither the appelation nor the fact that the girl doll's hair has been bleached blond can be construed as anything but a regrettable holdover from the days of Amos 'n' Andy. My suggestion is that these dolls should be beamed out into space along with broadcasts of that show...
...AMIDST OPPOSING BARRAGES of propaganda, proposals and counter-proposals, policies and punditeering, there is hope that something of lasting benefit may yet come out of this week's summit meeting. Soviet officials have given the State Department a list of Russian spouses of U.S. citizens who will be allowed to leave the Soviet Union, and while this move can easily be dismissed as politically motivated, insincere, and cynical, it may very well be the only lasting success of the frenzy of summit diplomacy that has gripped the two superpowers for several weeks...
...death are the targets of fun amidst a background of polarized Irish politics. As a phallic tombstone rises backstage, the two prostitutes (Gonzales and Lisa Peers) mourn the murder of one of their more active comrades. Cronin's attempt to seduce a young lady (Catherine Harris) in the cemetery becomes a bizarre waltz of carpe diem, pitting his hedonistic wit against the all-too-serious violent intentions of his fellows. By intermission, the audience is hooked by the bizarre humor and intriguing scenarios of the first...
Edwards arrived at political consciousness during the transitional period from the stability of the '50s to the turbulent '60s, when John F. Kennedy '40 became President amidst a spirit of optimism about the future of America and Americans...