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...their obvious success, the actors in the Leverett production, like the philanthropists of the British middle class, pay a price. While their brisk delivery, faithful to the rhythms of dry British humor, works to maintain what is essentially a static play in lively motion, this fast-clipped pace skims over the surface of deeper meanings. Part of the problem here is built into the play itself which shows Eliza Doolittle before and after while leaving out the tranformation process. But part of the problem is Bloomfield's decision to emphasize the constraints of class rather than the human beings...
...Dallas' Belden Associates usually advise clients to squeeze some front-page nation al and international news into a box of summaries. After an audience study last year by Belden and some in-house soul searching, the Miami News began to boil much of its copy down to short, brisk stories that could be read more easily by television viewers. Since then, News circulation has for the moment stopped falling, and advertising is up slightly...
...seemed becalmed. As the Bert Lance affair dragged on through the dog days of summer, much of the White House's time and energy-too much-was deflected by the latest press accusation or the newest plan to save the beleaguered Budget Director. Now, with October's brisk breezes and brilliant hues, the man in the Oval Office seemed to emerge reinvigorated. Suddenly, Jimmy Carter was in motion again-launching initiatives, planning journeys, defending his programs, attacking their detractors. But motion does not always equal progress, and the President's whirling-dervish routine almost inevitably...
...relocated Easterner I have tried for two years to pretend that Southern California has an autumn season. I put corn on the door, wheat by the mantel -and long for a brisk wind to put "apples" in my cheeks. For all my hard work I'm rewarded with a Santa Ana wind and hot, dry, hellish weather. I think it's a cruel price to pay for a gloriously sunny January...
Since Ponto's death, virtually every company has strengthened its security, hired additional guards and installed monitoring cameras. Agencies providing bodyguards for hire, and other private security services, are doing brisk business. Complained one official: "I can't drink a beer without security men. I can't go to the toilet without security men. My family life is ruined. And I can't have a relationship with another woman without security men." A Bavarian tycoon grumbled that the elaborate alarm system hastily installed in his house is forever going off, "sending the two resident guards running...