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...only a few minutes to complete. Twentieth century skepticism is out of place here. The ballet can seem shallow, but only if one expects realism. The Boston Ballet has difficulty suspending belief in this fictional world for most of the first act. Rhythmically, the village scene is halting and awkward, reminding us that this is not reality. Even the company's admirable technique does not hide this major flaw...
This is not to say that Mondale performed with a rhetorical virtuousity anywhere akin to the masters of yesteryear. He still plods along in a monotone, his laughter is still awkward, and he continues to suffer from a self-seriousness worn only by the truly indignant ("It's not fair...
...positioning, the sense of ceremony, even the awkward pas de deux, at the end, summed up perfectly all that had gone before, as well as apprehensions for what was to come. In a red-carpeted chamber of Peking's Great Hall of the People, the British Ambassador to China, Sir Richard Evans, sat at one end of a long table covered with a green-tasseled cloth. At the other end sat Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhou Nan. Behind them, the 50 or so officials from both countries, who had endured 22 rounds and 24 months of serpentine negotiation, stood...
...comes at an awkward time for South Korea. As the trucks were unloading, facilities for the 1988 Summer Olympics were being dedicated at a ceremony in Seoul. The North Koreans described their shipment as part of Leader Kim II Sung's new policy of promoting friendship, but a Japanese newspaper reported that North Korea had moved three new armored corps into position along the Demilitarized Zone. Said South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan: "North Korea's falsified peace offensives are always accompanied by sinister moves against the South...
...McPhee); he is too constrained, too inward looking, to write in a way that could stir emotions and reach a mass audience. Tom believes that his happiness and security with his new wife will shield him from his father's belittling ways. But in the course of an awkward, misbegotten summer holiday, the captivating old egotist outrides his son on horseback, humiliates him with the neighbors at the dinner table, even beguiles the young wife into joining excursions her husband will not. In his 40th year, Tom finds his father as big and awe inspiring as he did throughout...