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Long before the first rehearsal of this Marine Corps thriller set at Guantanamo Bay, its author had exceeded the daydreams of almost any debut playwright. Not only was the show on its way to Broadway with a 20-member cast headed by erstwhile Oscar nominee Tom Hulce (Amadeus), but it had been bought for the movies by producer David Brown, whose credits include Jaws, The Sting and The Verdict. He made a deal that could bring creator Aaron Sorkin, 28, a sum well into six figures. By the time the show opened last week, however, the publicity about a wunderkind...
Democracy arrived with becoming moderation in Namibia last week. The country's first internationally accepted election went off almost flawlessly. An impressive 97% of the 701,000 voters peacefully chose a National Assembly that will write a constitution and end 74 years of South African control. By denying any single party absolute power in the 72-seat assembly, the voters boosted the chance that democratic institutions will take root after the international observers go home...
...First, the countries of Latin America must make concerted efforts among / themselves, then coordinate with other developing countries so as to enhance our bargaining power. There is a need for a new North-South summit that would deal with some issues involving the security of the whole world. I think we have to recognize that today's problems are global and that interdependence is both a problem and a solution. That's a central theme, and it's why a North- South conference is indispensable...
...hero. "Bondy," as his country called him, was the prime mover in the syndicate that funded the design, construction and testing of Australia II, the 12-meter sloop with the controversial winged keel that swept to victory over the U.S. defender off Newport in 1983, leaving, for the first time in yachting history, an empty plinth in the New York Yacht Club where the America's Cup used to stand...
...first she tried to dodge prickly questions about her reliance on astrology, her feuds with White House chief of staff Donald Regan and her troubled relations with her children. "When she'd say, 'Now Bill, you're not going to talk about this,' I'd use the editors: 'But the editors insist on these subjects,' " says Novak. "The fact is, if you ask readers to pay $22 for a book, you have to reveal new material. Ironically, the better known the person the more they must reveal." Recalls Reagan: "There were tough, difficult times and good times. But I wanted...