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...over the magnificent rhythms of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in a high, fast drawl; Robert Lowell stridently brave in poems about his mental illness; Ernest Hemingway growling Across the River and into the Trees like a Midwestern newsman with too many years at the anchor desk; and John Dos Passes lending The Forty-Second Parallel a hoarse intensity. Like some book publishers, Caedmon has noticed a surprising interest in the short story. Among its new bestsellers are Eudora Welly's warm rendition of Powerhouse and John Cheever's wry, precise delivery of The Swimmer...
...START a starter? No one knows for sure. Officials at the Department of State -abbreviated as DOS, but never called "Doss"-have taken another firm stand against creeping cuteness. They say it will take an official order for them to start saying START. The CIA is keeping its view secret. Nor is there a consensus at Rostow's ACDA, which has a problem of its own-Congress is planning to drop "Disarmament" from its title, so a way must be found to pronounce ACA ("Assa" does not seem right) or have it revert to being simply...
DISSENT PAPER ON EL SALVADOR AND CENTRAL AMERICA DOS 11/06/80...
...views articulated in this paper are shared in private by current and former analysts and officials at NSC, DOS, DOD and CIA. Employees from other agencies active in El Salvador and Central America--but normally excluded from policy debates--also contributed to these notes. In this case, their close contact with the situation in the field provided us with valuable insights and uncommon objectivity...
...adaptation by Michael Feingold. Feingold, and the company in rehearsal, have updated the play by translating it to a contemporary landscape. So we get references to the Dalai Lama, Lulu moves on roller skates, Schwartz the painter becomes Carbone the fashion photographer, Rodrigo the acrobat becomes Juan dos Tres the welterweight champ--all of which is fine and good...