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...Republican Tidewater Conference, hyperbole crept into the resolutions ("Decay of American influence and the decline of American military power"); but there was a fact of Government life underlying what Senator Howard Baker characterized as the abandonment of "traditional bipartisanship in foreign policy." As the likelihood of a bruising and even bloody debate over the SALT 11 treaty approaches, politicians and technicians in both parties who support the treaty by itself are now questioning SALT II because of perceived Soviet advances around the world, and the U.S. failure to counter them successfully. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, for one, believes...
...Young and other Detroiters, their city's selection as the site of the convention is an important bench mark, one that could signify Detroit's rebirth after decades of decay. Just three years ago, few people ventured at night into downtown Detroit because of the city's crime rate, one of the highest in the nation. Now much has changed. The crime rate fell more sharply in Detroit during 1977 than it did in any other major U.S. city, and continued to decrease in 1978. One reason for the drop seems to be Young's assigning...
...bodies of the suicide victims, who apparently killed themselves rather than risk the disbanding of their cult following the murder of a California congressman and four other Americans, began to decay in the intense heat, army officials reported...
...reached only by automobile-of gasoline. They gobble up valuable farm land, pollute the environment, overtax local services, create great traffic snarls, and all too often are vast asphalt eyesores. Worse still, by encouraging the exodus of both shopkeepers and shoppers to the suburbs, they only hasten the decay of downtown areas...
Seifter makes good use of a small church as the playhouse, and he paces the scenes well. He even suggests the teeming decay endemic to The Threepenny Opera in the opening scene. But failures of casting and characterization quickly break the spell. Brecht's script speaks directly enough, and Weill's music is brilliant enough, so that even a mediocre performance like Caravan's is worth seeing, especially if you've never seen the show before. But The Threepenny Opera ought to more than entertain; if the director, actors and musicians conspire aright, it can give you a whiff...