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Rising food prices have also been a prime source of inflationary pain and despair over much of the past decade. But food prices last year rose only 4.3%, less than half the 10.1% jump in 1980. Many economists predict that the increase this year will be only slightly larger, perhaps...
...SUCCEEDING, Richardson shows where the other sometimes fall short. For dashing back and forth across the sumptuous for-trimmed stage, hitting innumerable peaks of triumph and frustrated despair, the Dunster cast occasionally nets carried away by the extravagant dialogue and forgets to add the infinitesimal pause, or flicker, or tone change that would transform sheer cleverness into reality...
...having billions of extra dollars available to provide for education, health care, and environmental clean-up. Moreover, it is just possible that, by providing both sides the new experience of not racing, a freeze could produce the psychological breakthrough needed to case growing mutual suspicion. And for those who despair of ever seeing such mutual trust between the United States and Russia in these post-SALT II days, it is worth remembering that arms agreements between the United States and Soviet Union have ample precedent. Previous pacts include the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban treaty, the 1972 ban on anti-ballistic...
...John Kennedy Died" is poignantly reminiscent of Bob Dylan at his best. Reed tells the story of where he was and how he heard about Kennedy's assassination. The narrative constitutes the middle section of the song while the lyrics of simultaneous hope and despair begin and end the piece...
...cast of Wanda June cannot be blamed for its weakness. Inspired acting saves the play from utter despair as the actors attempt to adapt the material But the acting ultimately only frustrates the audience, which wants to see more of their wares and less of their struggling to convey the play's tangled plot...