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...their security was absolutely guaranteed," says Picco. "I always met with them alone, and always at night. We met many, many times." Picco needed no reminder that Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite was seized in 1987 under similar circumstances. Says Picco: "Either you are afraid or you are a fool." While in Lebanon, Picco began to move to a different house every night after U.N. sources learned that there was a contract on his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy : Mr. Behind-the-Scenes | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...Pederson's uninspired assessment of Drury fool you. The unofficial word on the street is that, of all the Harvard players competing for the final spots on the team (a list which includes Hobey Baker winners Lane MacDonald and Scott Fusco), Drury is a lock...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: On the Road to Albertville With Harvard's Ted Drury | 11/13/1991 | See Source »

Conversely, Leo Cabranes-Grant's production of Fool for Love does not quite live up to the script. The play opens just after Eddie (Charles Marcus) has found his lover, May (Catherine Boyd), after a separation. Sam Shepard shows how their passionate, incestuous relationship ensnares them...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

...problematic for other reasons. The audience has just been successfully convinced that the basement of Cabot was an inner-city bus stop--the set for Fool for Love merely rearranges the cinder blocks into a sink and adds a bed and a table to represent May's motel room. In addition, the "special effects" fall flat. The audience must suppress giggles each time a character leaves the room and mashes his feet in the gravel off-stage...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

Granted, the issues in Fool for Love do not lend themselves to easy dramatization. But Cabranes-Grant has failed to present the sort of realistic atmosphere that Shepard's script demands. Bial, on the other hand, buoyed by impressive acting, invigorates Horovitz's imperfect script...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

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