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...nights of inaugural ceremonies punctuated by a "recording of opening fanfare played over sound system at intervals in the lobby." From the turning of the sod to the tootling of the brass, the building has cost $16 million and provoked steady criticism from those who see it as a feat of egotism. (Not even Andrew Mellon, critics complain, insisted that his name should stay in the title of "his" nearby National Gallery.) The Hirshhorn Museum is a branch of the Smithsonian Institution. But for the moment it is saddled with the reputation of a private fief built with public money...
...Samuel Beckett's two act, two character play about desolation and an enduring human spirit, begins its first weekend of performances tonight at the Loeb. This is the Summer Repertory Theater's last production of the season, and its most difficult one. Sustaining an actionless duologue is no simple feat, but the play manages to carry it off. Joanne Hamlin, who delivers most of the lines in the show, gives a fine performance under difficult circumstances. Still, the play and the production are not too satisfying. Geoff Garin's review appears on page two of this issue. Tickets...
Characteristically, Baryshnikov worried about whether his greatest technical feat, the showstopping, leg-beating skitter across the stage called a brisê, was dramatically justified. "Do you think it made a bad impression?" he asked after the show. "The interpretation is mine, but the step is in the ballet. It's the last gasp of a soul...
...generation of today," writes Cook, "it may seem fantastic that for a whole decade there was hardly a whisper of dissent in the land." It was not necessarily for want of courage. Public protest and massive dissent were akin to the four-minute mile: until the first demonstration, the feat was assumed to be impossible; after that, the deluge...
...Brock, whose daring has helped keep the Cards in first place in the National League's Eastern Division, the assault on Wills' record is only the latest feat in his 14 years of pilfering. He already ranks fifth (after Cobb, Eddie Col lins, Max Carey and Honus Wagner) in lifetime steals (685), and holds the major league record for the most seasons (ten) with 50 or more stolen bases. Cincinnati's Superstar Catcher Johnny Bench, who has the best throwing arm in baseball, admits, "There just isn't any way to stop Brock if he gets...