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...Budget Committee. "Saying that is not liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, it's common sense." Said Robb: "Laissez-faire may be good economic policy, but it's terrible social policy." The Federal Government, agreed Cuomo, must find "intelligent, fair and effective ways to help the poor help themselves." Eleanor Holmes Norton, who headed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the Carter Administration, stressed the importance of shoring up the "family mission" within the ghettos but added that "only government can create a mainstream of high-paying jobs...
...subcompany, led by Edward Petherbridge, twice a Tony nominee for roles in Nicholas Nickleby and Strange Interlude, and Ian McKellen, a Tony winner for his portrayal of the jealous composer Salieri in Amadeus. Each production in Chicago has showcased the two principals and three comparably talented colleagues, Greg Hicks, Eleanor Bron and Jonathan Hyde. The stand opened with The Duchess of Malfi in a faithfully Grand Guignol rendition of Webster's Jacobean tragedy. Actors clad in funereal black moved menacingly amid the stately but decaying gray palatial sets; virtually the only color was a frequent splash of blood. The ensemble...
Gloria Steinhem, editor of Ms. magazine speaks. Then Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization of Women, says, "The silent majority will be silent no more. You cannot play with women's lives any longer...you cannot sacrifice women on the altar of self-righteousness...
...must acknowledge that what counts is not life, but living. When a woman's life, and what makes her life worth living is at stake, she must have a choice of action. You cannot play with women's lives any longer, said Eleanor Smeal, stop playing with our lives...
Osborne, James' double, lets the audience into James' thoughts in the most gripping way. Dressed in devilish red, he skillfully highlights the tensions between the subconscious James and the real one. Eleanor's double (Marilynn Richtarik) is the play's other standout. She devotes herself fully to her role elucidating Eleanor's fragile inner workings, and the sheer force of her performance sets her apart from the other players. Gasser's performance as Eleanor and Kim Shaw's portrayal of Agnes, the former wife of the dead Albert, are also very good. But not even superhuman acting could save Nichols...