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...Tally is not showing us the face of tragedy but drawing a profile of the ambiguous nature of the hero. Was Scott mad for glory? Despite an ardent and adoring bride (Lindsay Grouse), could he feel the fullness of life only on the hairpin curve of total danger? One is bound to feel that Tally wants us to see the hero as a visionary. The reason his men follow him is that his leadership is a magnetic pole, more real to them than the actual pole...
...learned the ropes of the political process, how it works, how it happens. I saw that the people who were getting things done weren't the loudest. The women who were more effective were very quietly coming round to people to get their support." Now, adds Bailey, an ardent, pro-plan feminist, "we are coming back to the grass-roots level, and we are going to say to our elected officials that unless you listen to our demands, we are going to get you out of office...
...very heavily; Russell, with an estimated wealth of $100 million in mostly oil and gas, is the self-proclaimed "darling of the oil companies." The "Kingfish" became a national figure in the 1930s with his "share the wealth" ideas, which extended even to blacks; his son has proven an ardent and imposing foe of social welfare programs in Congress. The younger Long's segregationist inclinations have arisen time and again, particularly during his filibusters of civil rights legislation...
Brill is affecting as the governess, Gould radiates sensual magnetism as her employer lover, and Zabielski is ardent and elegant as the ex-fiance. But the dry winy brilliance of Pirandello dominates the evening. He carved out the themes of loneliness, absurdity and alienation, and in the 41 years since his death, serious modern drama has become a realm of metaphysical dread of which he felt the first tormented shudder...
Perhaps the best-known new Rhodesian is Robin Moore, author of The Green Berets and French Connection. He became an ardent defender of the white Rhodesian cause when he bought a house in Salisbury last year, and has cast himself in the role of "unofficial ambassador" for the American community. "I don't doubt that a lot of these types are the wrong people coming in for the wrong reasons," Moore said last week. "But some of them will permanently affect what happens to this place...