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Luckily, Robinson Everett brings enough that is fresh to Woody's old role that we don't even miss him in this Dunster House production. Moreover, the rest of the cast, which seemed to fade into the background in the film, has a chance in the stage version to relax and make the most of their characters, who prove surprisingly funny unto themselves...
...treatment of Native Americans. Those of us who don't, at least not consciously, are still implicated in our country's ironic policies. Without actively combatting the not-so-new wave of ethnocentrism--writing to our representatives, for example--we cannot expect the politics of xenophobic hostility to fade away...
...Reagan's fade from the landscape he once dominated reveals the factionalism that riddles both parties. It is reflected in what has become the strange and somewhat tribal rallying cry inscribed on the banners of the 1988 campaign: HE'S ONE OF US. For some, the message is mainly regional: Michael Dukakis grandly quaffing a mug of clam chowder upon landing in New Hampshire from Iowa, as he tried to overcome the aloof smugness that seems plastered to his face; Albert Gore whistling Dixie while he waited for Super Tuesday...
...said the present uprisings are far from unique in the past 50 years of Israeli history. "Shootings, tear gas, mass detentions, curfews, and even burying people under piles of dirt is not a new phenomenon," he said. "The increased volume is significant but it may just fade away into the normal life of the occupier and the occupied...
...heat began to fade, people wondered about the light. Yes, Dan Rather had been brusque, even downright rude, but just what had George Bush stood up for anyway? That he has the right not to be dogged by questions he claims already to have answered? That he should be judged by more than just his murky behavior during the Iran-contra fiasco? Yes, but what had he been doing all that time? In rebutting Rather, Bush was not delivering a message, but beating up the messenger...