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...trade conflict from spinning out of control. Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari urged that "overall U.S.-Japanese relations should not be undermined by this issue." Makoto Kuroda, a senior member of the country's powerful Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), prepared to hie to Washington. His job: to convey dismay at the bombshell U.S. decision to retaliate with some $300 million worth of tariffs on a wide range of Japanese electronic goods. In addition, former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe has been named as a special envoy by Tokyo to help deflect the trade collision. But the sanctions will...
...success of Swimming to Cambodia is Gray. His rapid-fire speech, expressive voice and fantastic facial expressions successfully convey his incredulity at the world around him. And the interplay among Gray's script, five short clips from The Killing Fields, and Laurie Anderson's music make the film a wonderful journey through the mind of a comic who is horrified by his world. The bombing of Cambodia is a stark example of what is wrong with his country, but his sarcastic self-deprecations and caricatures of others express his dismay at his society in general...
...theater it was an effective show, calculated to convey the impression of a President physically and mentally recovered from his Iranscam doldrums and back in charge. But the substance was something else: predictable, uninformative and at times somewhat disturbing. The President said little that went beyond statements he had already issued in other forums. Again and again he repeated his standard defenses: he knew nothing about the diversion of Iranian arms-sales profits to the contras, and not much more about the millions his Government had been raising from foreign sources and private American donors for the contras...
...show is designed to convey high technology to the general public," said Jacobson...
...quality of the performances varies. As the parents, Oleson and Schwartz manage to convey the pathos of their characters, but not their age. As the maid, Ellen Bledsoe tries to add a note of humor to the tragedy, but her performance is too much of a caricature for the realistic tone of the piece. As the Tyrone brothers, Zelman and Talenti give excellent, though vastly different performances. Together, they portray the wide range of emotions between the protective yet resentful James and the more accepting and hopeful Edmund. Talenti gives an especially understated interpretation well adapted to the small stage...