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...almost subliminal improvement in the moral atmosphere. No more candidates hagiographically displayed, saints mixing radiantly with the adoring throng; no more of those sarcastic prosecutorial voice-overs about the other guy, the pitchman's tone as low and urgent and insinuating as a whisper of Cassius in the ear. No more that tussling, scuffling sound of the reluctant national psyche being dragged on a leash toward a booth with curtains and a lever...
...play trips down a path paved with jokes on foreign phrases, sight gags with panties, and tongue-twisting lists of pub names. Stoppard's ear for the curious-sounding proper noun is responsible for many of Dirty Linen's laughs; but between this dependence on the odd British name and the peculiarly British obsession with both perpetrating and denouncing scandalous activity, the play poses special difficulties for American performers. The Winthrop cast meets its challenge with modest skill, and no pretense of doing anything more than presenting a funny play. The script plasters over its mediocre theme with superficially brilliant...
...battleship, where Miss Kent succumbs to sea-sickness. And of course Ruby has to fall in love along the way; one of those shore-leave sailors who always stroll along Broadway (Web Stone) appears just as she faints from hunger to catch her and croon in her ear, "It's not Greta Garbo, it's not Jean Harlow, it's you, it's you." She regains consciousness in time to join him in a charming duet. Zachos and Stone both sing exquisitely and act almost as well--stagily and mannered, just the way they should...
...capitalize on his position only by loyally serving a very traditionalist chief who will probably require him to play the Vice President's classic public role of Invisible Man-and that he can exert influence only by metaphorically, if not literally, whispering into Reagan's ear...
...anchor desk with him in New York and President-elect Reagan in Los Angeles. Earlier, Ford had tried unsuccessfully to phone Reagan. So as the President-elect left the Century Plaza Hotel after claiming victory, CBS Correspondent Bill Plante persuaded him to hold a network headset to his ear and trade long-distance pleasantries with Cronkite and Ford. Said Ford: "You'll make a fine President." Responded Reagan: "This victory is certainly yours to share...