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...comic scenes, marked by both bravura acting and a careful attention to detail, come to represent "all the world," while the court scenes, marked by all too pregnant pregnant pauses and constant upstaging, represent nothing so much as the players' own simple-minded political maneuvers. Through this serious chink in the production's armor, one can glimpse the basic weakness of the play; in this dramatic as in the political world position triumphs over character...
...government intervention in the economy or political "freedoms," government grants to study man-polar bear relations, for example. Wright outlines a world where no one coerces anyone. A police force would be funded voluntarily, because those who did not contribute would not receive protection. Wright admits to a small chink in libertarian logical armor when he concedes that someone who refused to pay for a national defense system would benefit from it anyway; but he points out that we have never had trouble raising a volunteer army in the past...
JOSEPH RHODES, Pennsylvania state legislator: My father was black, from Alabama. My mother is Chinese, born in the Philippines. I went to a white elementary school in Pittsburgh where I was called a nigger. I went to a black high school where I was called a Chink. This sense of separation was right there from the beginning. I was born Catholic, but later was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. That also gave me a sense of separation. You are not supposed to salute the flag, and in fourth grade all the kids beat...
...corps appears to be the strongest area, with three holdovers led by All-Ivy Reggie Williams. The defensive line will miss three time All-Ivy end Tom Castari, but the two starting tackles are back and there is a walth of depth at end. The defensive backfield is the chink in the Big Green armor, with only one returning starter. Another Indian problem is filling the shoes of Dartmouth record-holding place kicker Ted Perry...
Randy Roth was the only Harvard player to find a chink in Walsh's armor, as he scored the first and last goals of the game. His first came at just 46 seconds into the game, before a good many of the 12,843 excited fans had made their way to their seats. It was Harvard's only lead of the night...