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...Arabs got the message, and did not like it. Said a high-ranking Egyptian official after the Knesset vote: "The Israelis have thrown down the gauntlet to President Carter. The Israelis don't believe, he means to change American policy. Carter will have to make it crystal-clear how America really feels about war and peace, Arabs and Jews. Begin is talking tough. We think Carter will answer in kind...
Even so, Soap is not without its virtues. Jimmy Baio, as an oversexed 14-year-old, and Billy Crystal, as an out-of-the-closet (but preoperative) transsexual, are sharp young comedians. The series' hellzapoppin plot, whose chaos recalls the '30s farces of Kaufman and Hart, exerts a strong narrative pull. With care, these elements could yet form the basis for entertainment that is both notorious and decent. Soap will surely make enough money to buy itself a heart...
...together to create exhibits designed to captivate children on their own level. Instead of being locked away in glass cases, objects ranging from prehistoric skeletons to 19th century dolls are meant to be touched, tapped or even taken apart to discover what lies within. A model of a diamond crystal is so large that children can play inside it. The Boston Children's Museum, headed by Pediatrician Benjamin Spock's son Michael, takes its cue from a Chinese proverb: "I hear and I forget, I see and remember, I do and I understand...
That would be lamentable. With their bumper-to-bumper traffic and hordes of visitors toting portable radios, the National Parks may not enable those in search of serenity to get away from it all. But with their sparkling meadows, their crystal waterways and their majestic mountains, they certainly make it possible for one to get away from most of it. ∙Peter Stoler
...orchestration up in recent years with an ingenious knack for producing new sounds with old instruments and homely domestic objects. The grimly surrealistic Black Angels (1970), for example, was written for amplified string quartet and requires the players to trill with thimble-capped fingers and even to bow on crystal glasses tuned with water. Ancient Voices has certain mournful sounds produced by the bowing of a musical...