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There is even dispute over ABM's likely adversary. Sentinel has long been billed as a "thin" defense, suitable only against a Chinese attack. Yet some of its strongest supporters?and critics???view it as the beginning of a "thick" shield to counter Russian strength. One point seems certain: if Washington and Moscow decide to invest heavily in ABMs, the world will see a new watershed in nuclear weaponry...
...followers all have their own complaints and their own reasons for believing that Wallace can help. The addition of LeMay?Wallace's Agnew, in the view of many critics???will probably add to his appeal, particularly with those who are frustrated by the war. The general's inspection trip to Viet Nam this week will doubtless help Wallace's effort to convince voters that he has a grasp of world affairs?and, in fact, last week's speech on foreign policy before the National Press Club in Washington was reasonably restrained and cogent...
...parable of the Fat Lady may seem intellectually underweight. But Zooey's lyric rant is not a seminarian's thesis; it is a gift of love received from Seymour and transmitted to a distraught, prayer-drunk, 20-year-old girl. Apart from questioning the depth of this message, critics???notably Alfred Kazin, who apologizes solemnly for having to say it?have suggested that the Glass children are too cute and too possessed by self-love. The charge is unjust. They are too clearly shadowed by death, even in their woolliest, most kittenish moments, to be cute, and they...
...First Legion presents a delicate subject nearly unique in the theatre, with intelligence, humor and moderation, despite its absolute acceptance of Catholic dogma. Manhattan critics???Protestant or Jewish or nothing?found it "too much exalted talk," "a sombre evening's repose." Later audiences were less supercilious and to them Mr. Lytell made curtain speeches voicing his faith that "there is a place on Broadway for such a play as The First Legion...
...Sirovich's first dramatic effort, Schemers, was produced in September, 1924. It was a drama in three acts, a prologue and epilogue, designed to ridicule the antics of four theatre critics???"Alexander Gale." "Alan Olcott," "Perry Ammond," "A. Wood Brown''?who, asked to sit through a play's preview, ending by thoroughly damning it. There was something prophetic about Schemers. It retired after 16 performances...