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...more gun-shy than ever about substituting our judgment for his. Yeltsin's our guy. We're not going to undermine him with a policy of neocontainment that boosts the hard-line empire builders. Yeltsin says drawing a new line in Europe that shifts the Iron Curtain back to Russia's borders could do just that. And we're going with his instincts. End of story...
Only in the New Age would it be possible to invent an angel so mellow that it can be ignored. According to the rest of history, anyone who invites an encounter with an angel should be prepared to be changed by it. By scriptural tradition, angels pull back the curtain, however briefly, on the realm of the spirit. In offering a glimpse of a larger universe, they issue a challenge to priorities and settled ways. One need only remember the modest girl from a poor family whose life was forever transformed by the message Gabriel brought -- that she would bear...
There are two remarkable things about the revival of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, the 1939 Pulitzer prizewinner for best play that opened last week at New York City's Lincoln Center. One is the curtain call, when the full cast of 49 actors crowds the stage, a stunning sight in these budget-conscious days of single-set, four- or five-character dramas. The other, even more startling, is the very fact that anyone would choose to bring this sprawling, earnest pageant back to Broadway. Rather than current theater, it resembles Oberammergau's passion plays or those outdoor historical extravaganzas...
...then there was the time that Josh Lieb, Seth Mnookin and Greg Clayman all quit three minutes before the curtain was supposed to go up, and I had to fashion new actors out of some audience members...
...then there was the time that everyone else in the cast and crew quit two minutes before the curtain was supposed to go up, and I had to fashion new ones out of my own sweat and tears...