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...Despite awkward moments here and there, the trip worked. Even the stern People's Daily ran extraordinarily puffy coverage of Reagan day after day, and the 30-minute Chinese TV news devoted up to ten minutes a night to the capitalist leader. "We have a self-satisfied glow," said a usually stiff-necked White House adviser. "We're walking around with smiles on our faces...
...Bechtel case nonetheless puts the Reagan Administration in an awkward position. Since it took power, it has been trying to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which was passed in the wake of the scandal concerning Lockheed's alleged payments to top government officials around the world. The Administration has argued that the law, which states that a corporation is guilty if it has "reason to know" that its agents are making illegal payments, is too vague...
...love affair, the second reveals the unavoidable reality of the times. For every scene of usually low-keyed dramatic action, there follows a glitzy of bizarre song and dance number, revealing the underlying contradictions and madness here. But these transitions, while often dramatically useful and effective, are too frequently awkward with longer-than-comfortable pauses. The audience loses some of the momentum of the story as it waits for a costume change...
Despite solid performances--and Halpern's bewitchery--the overall production suffers from a languor that is too palpable to capture effectively even the extreme decadence of Hitler-ascendant Berlin. The band makes more bearable the probably unavoidable but still awkward pauses between scenes with quite rousing renditions of music hall and dixieland-flavored tunes. And while Kevin Jennings' direction is clearly competant and clear, a freshness and originality is missing. The direction is not highly memorable, visually striking or evocative because, for one thing, Jennings relies too heavily on the stark symbol of the swastika to shock and draw forth...
...critics, the Tribune is the Baby Huey of American newspapers-big, awkward, musclebound, stumbling over its own vast strength. Consistently profitable and increasingly dominant in the nation's third largest city, the paper employs 530 full-time editorial staffers, including 16 correspondents in Washington, eight in other U.S. cities outside Illinois, and four abroad. Yet for a paper of its visibility, the Trib has too little impact outside its region. The staff shares the industry's enthusiasm for blockbuster features, which tend to be deftly written and slickly packaged rather than penetrating. Says Journalism Director Neale Copple...