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THEATER COMPANY OF BOSTON will be at the University of Rhode Island for the Kingston Summer Theater Festival until Aug. 27 with Tango, by Polish Playwright Slawomir Mrozek, Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, two one-acters by Murray Schisgal, The Typists and The Tiger, and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...
Hombre. Paul Newman has recently displayed a penchant for movies beginning with H-The Hustler, Hud, Harper. In Hombre, the H is silent and so, almost, is the star. With a voice that only on occasion rises to a monotone, he grunts his unrelenting hatred of the world. Caucasian by birth but raised by Indians-possibly the cigar-store kind, judging by the immobility of his features -he has suffered at the hands of both. One white man who has certainly made him suffer is Martin Ritt, the film's director...
Thawing the Permafrost. In his efforts to free Japan of the legacy of inaction caused by World War II's defeat, Sato has reoriented the nation's relations with both of Asia's Caucasian powers: Russia and the U.S. The Soviets still hold substantial territory in the formerly Japanese Kurils and the island of Sakhalin. Yet the two countries last year agreed to establish consulates and jointly develop (at a cost of $150 million) the natural gas reserves of Sakhalin. To thaw the permafrost in relations dating back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-06, Tokyo...
...Vien, "but remove their clothing, and they look like boys with long hair.") Like hairdos, however, the styles are constantly changing. A decade ago, most Oriental clients wanted to be remade in the image of American and European movie stars. Today, the accent has shifted to a combination of Caucasian and classic Asian beauty, with eyes less rounded, noses less bridged, breasts less protruding...
...effect of the vast complex of apartheid laws is often ridiculous. The Japanese, who trade heavily with South Africa, are officially classified as "whites"; East Indians, who are descended from Caucasian stock, are '"Asians." A Greek immigrant from Cyprus was nearly refused entrance to South Africa recently because he had acquired a deep suntan on the ship. Since white athletes are forbidden to compete against nonwhites, South Africa has had to cancel its longstanding rugby rivalry with New Zealand-which allows Maoris to play on its team...