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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soprano Susan Larson, as the Naughty Nymphet of the Nile, carries off her dramatic duties with the most distinction, particularly when you consider the tough role, the skimpy costumes, and fact that Sellars makes Larson crawl on the ground blindfolded--still singing, mind you--for the first half of Act III. Her sex-kitten seduction of Caesar--complete with all-girl band and aerial entry--would have won her a juicy part in the Gold Diggers...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: On Opera: | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...economy continues to crawl along at a snail-like pace and for the majority of the population living standards are at pre-1975 levels. Ten years of economic development in the rest of the Pacific Basin have almost completely bypassed the Philippines. And there is no end in sight to the Communist insurgency problem. The ceasefire with the "rebels" came to an end last Sunday, leaving the hard-liners on both sides with the political spoils...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENTARY: | 2/11/1987 | See Source »

Still, the atmosphere in Peking last week was redolent of more repressive days. Hu's public demotion was certainly not as cruel as the brutal treatment he received during the Cultural Revolution, when his head was shaved and he was forced to crawl on his hands and knees. But the painful return to forced self-criticism did not seem far off when Hu owned up last week to "mistakes on major issues of political principles." China's newspapers also ran self- criticism, bizarrely apologizing for stories written last fall. No less chilling was the group of scientists who appeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Deng Cracks Down | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

Howell expects little outcry from anti-genetic-engineering activists about the plant experiments' danger to the environment. "At this time, this is only a laboratory creature. And plants don't fly or crawl across the floor or creep into mouseholes. You can set one down and be pretty sure that's where it's going to be when you look again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of Fireflies and Tobacco Plants | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...From Nicaragua, yes; but 10 hours from Managua. This isn't a direct flight. We have to parachute into the jungle and crawl to the city on our bellies...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Numero Uno | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

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