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...served in the U.S. Army during World War II and became the Deputy Dig rector of Army Physical Training before taking the Springfield...
WASHINGTON Post columnist Joseph Kraft charged Khomeini in a 1983 editorial with "the tactic of hiding destructive national policies in the cloak of religiosity"--thereby getting in the nifty extra dig that Khomeini is insincere...
...performers dig beneath this mannerism to suggest years of buried sorrow. Nancy Marchand, as the family's self-described cutup, has the gift of making banal observations sound witty. Anne Pitoniak, as the eldest and prissiest, combines dictatorial will with genuine dignity. Peggy Cass is the family entertainer, Elizabeth Franz its happiest housewife and Gisela Caldwell its edgy protofeminist, whose eventual crack-up seems to result from her discontent with women's lot. The most affecting performance comes from Bette Henritze, as a stroke victim whose singsong speech does not obscure a larger tragedy. When she admits...
...decision. "I would have been surprised if they had gone the other way," says University of Chicago Law Professor Philip Kurland. The right of everyone to an effective defense is endorsed by virtually all political factions, notes Yale Kamisar of the University of Michigan Law School. "People dig in their heels only when protections are extended that appear to handcuff police search and confession procedures...
...This may sound hackneyed, but it really makes you dig deep down," said Egan...