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...strikes almost exactly the right balance between a mad Rasputin and a slightly zany Bobby Fischer, plotting and counter-plotting all the moves to freedom. His role is the centerpiece of the musical, and he adds direction and keeps the musical teetering somewhere out on the brink, where, of course, it is supposed to be. The trouble with doing Forum is that the shadow of Zero Mostel looms over this central part like a chicken hawk over the barnyard, ready to swoop down on young actors. Zax stacks up--he won't make anybody forget Mostel, but he will make...
...Diller, exaggerating slightly. Lange, who for some time had led a wandering sort of existence as an art student, dancer and model, has invested some of her Kong salary in a home on Lake Nebagamon, Wis., where her parents now live. Just as Dwan stands on the brink of stardom at the end of Kong, so does Lange...
Though Dartmouth appeared to be teetering at the brink of collapse, it had no one to blame but itself. Putting six fumbles down for grabs (losing four in the process) and unloading punts which were poor by grade school standards, the Big Green spent the first three periods setting itself up for a killing...
...withdrawal. Then began a series of shaky coalitions assembled by groupings of Thailand's 54 parties. Now, TIME's David Aikman cabled, the collapse of Thailand's three-year experiment in democracy was received with widespread relief, for the nation had been teetering on the brink of chaos...
...behind this façade of luxury and speed lurks a grim reality. Like many of the railroads of the world, the Japanese National Railway is on the brink of bankruptcy. Last week the line was barely saved from defaulting on $138 million in debts to 10,000 private companies when it canceled maintenance and construction contracts and received a $138 million stopgap loan from the Finance Ministry. Even so, more huge debts fall due next month, and the government is in no mood for another rescue. The Finance Ministry and private banks, which in the past have generously bailed...