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Chrysler Chairman LEE IACOCCA at Duke University, Durham, N.C.: "My class, the class of '46, wasn't too worried about competing in the world. There was hardly anybody to compete with. But the class of '86 had better learn how to compete, because you're living in a very different world. Something else you'd better do better than we have: learn how to balance the books. We're leaving you with a $2 trillion national debt. Along with your own problems and your own bills, you're going to get the privilege of handling some of mine...
...series of reminiscences, The Lady and the Clarinet centers around the character of Luba (Elissa Forsythe), a woman unable to find happiness in her love life as she looks back at her three most important romantic involvements. The play begins with the entrance of the clarinet player (Darryl Durham), a musician whom Luba has hired to provide background music for a dinner date at her apartment. Throughout the play, the clarinet player functions as a low-budget, on-stage orchestra to help fill in the many slow moments. The musician also does double duty as a backdrop against which Luba...
...performers who spend the bulk of the play on stage, Durham and Forsythe, are both barely adequate for their roles. Durham plays melodiously, but his repertoire is too limited for the length of the production (just under two hours). Forsythe lacks the emotional range that the role of Luba calls for; she is also ill-equipped to handle the artificial monologues. She should be given credit, however, for keeping her energy up throughout the entire marathon...
...Harvard men's basketball team puts aside its 37-point loss to Duke last Monday in Durham, N.C. and prepares to re-enter the Ivy League fray, the basketball notebook this week takes one last look at that 89-52 Blue Devil victory...
Maybe then, Durham can change "Tree City USA" to a more impressive--and more deserved--slogan...