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...dramatic tension? It comes from an unlikely source: the 1925 Samson Raphaelson play and the Al Jolson movie version that ushered in the talkies. There is no Mammy in the new Jazz Singer; there's not even a momma. But the plot is the same: a young Orthodox cantor wants to become a singing star, straining to break the shackles of tradition even as he yearns for the blessing of a parental embrace. And Diamond has adhered to one other aspect of Jolson's performance: he sings one number in blackface...
...Cantor said the University, if forced, is prepared to wage another anti-union campaign. "It worked last time, and we hope it will work this time," he added...
Daniel D. Cantor, director of personnel, said yesterday the University will not decide its position on the petition until lawyers have had a chance to study the union's proposal...
...Cantor listed several improvements in the status of workers in the Med Area since the last election, including "competitive" annual wage increases, broader holidays and tuition assistance, and free shuttle bus service to and from Cambridge...
...Michael Cantor has chosen to underplay Astrov, delivering his lines in a folksy singsong while shaking his head and making perfunctory gestures like a small-town defense attorney, or, for that matter, our next president. This anti-declamatory approach works well from time to time, and some of Cantor's readings display wit and intelligence. But it also allows him to skip lightly over the surface of the part, taking at face value Astrov's assertion that he can no longer feel anything. Astrov feels things very deeply--his preoccupation with animals and the forests reveals a profound humanitarian urge...