Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...halt the strategic arms race assumes that negotiations with the Soviets are possible. However, Ronald Reagan is making mutual talks impossible with his harsh rhetoric and hard line. The President would do well to remember that when international relations are approached in terms of absolutes, such as good and evil, discussion and compromise become dead concepts...
...admit they've been wrong--a fact that goes a long way in explaining many of the flabby political justifications that reach the public ear. What is less understandable, however, is why officials would acknowledge former sins only to compound that error by refusing to make amends for their evil ways--as the Supreme Court did last week with its decision involving the water rights of several Southwestern Indian tribes...
...spends alone on stage the play's most interesting. The one actor whom the play forces to create a truly human, complex character, Rowe manages to do so despite being saddled with direct statements about the play's theme ("Is it enough to mean well?" "Were my parents evil...
...other four actors, most of whom play more than one role, all give strong lively performances with especially fine timing and interaction. Cherry Jones is a charming incarnation of evil as Mother: Tony Shalhoub (Father) and Karen MacDonald (several roles) appear appropriately flimsy creatures, attracting attention without abandoning their feeble personalities. Marianne Owen (Nanny/Principal) is the best comedian, but she tends to be even more overpowering than her characters are intended to be, which distracts the audience from the rest of the show...
...policy emphasis of the speech was the president's opposition to the nuclear freeze--the bulk of it merely an intensification of his standard anti-freeze position. The president did refer to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," but in general the speech recalled his address to the British Parliament last June, in which he called for an effort to promote democracy throughout the world. Most of the net effect of the evangelical convention speech, therefore, was political, silencing those on the New Right who have wondered whether the President has forgotten them. Just as commentators on Chinese affairs...