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There is a narrow line between sentimentality and mawkishness, and not many writers can walk it without falling into the swamp of syrupy sugar waiting below. Eduardo de Filippo, the Italian playwright, is a rare exception. Filumena, which ran for two years in London, may be the easiest, most companionable show on Broadway. It is warm, undemanding and, in its own modest way, always enjoyable...
...tertiary and heavy oil: The easiest treatment will go to petroleum that was not discovered before 1978, as well as to oil that either is so thick as to have limited value or is impossible to get out of the ground without major investments in so-called enhanced recovery techniques. There will be a 30% tax rate, on a base of $16.55, for large and small producers alike...
While few lawyers quarrel with the goals of joint-custody advocates, many question the wisdom of this arrangement. "It's the easiest thing for a judge to decide," says Family Law Expert Henry S. Foster Jr., professor emeritus at New York University Law School. "He then abdicates his responsibility. The judge represents the conscience of the community; he should meticulously examine all the facts from the perspective of the child and then decide." Of course, such an arrangement can succeed only if the parents are able to work out details harmoniously, a hedge that can be tough...
They are aided by the fact that although the U.S. maintains strict numerical limitations, there is no rigorous monitoring of foreigners once they get into the country. The U.S. resembles a sieve-the easiest country in the world to get into or out of without permission. "Our society is not that interested in keeping tabs on "people," says an INS official in Boston. "We operate on an honor system." The Iranian students who want to beat the system obviously...
...transfer still causes anxiety among some faculty, however. "It's not the easiest thing to work with a group of people for so many years in the Design School and develop close working relationships and then have to leave them." John F. Kain, chairman of CRP, said Tuesday...