Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...along with U.S. plans to continue to provide sophisticated military aid to moderate Arab nations. U.S. officials insist they never expected Shamir to yield on such matters. Their modest hope, said one, is that Shamir, unlike Begin, will not "throw a tantrum" whenever the U.S. tries to strengthen its friendship with Arab nations...
...arrive at such an ending successfully, however, the play must develop this friendship from the beginning. Unfortunately, in the Adams House production of Old Acquaintance, a sense of the past is never fully nurtured. In fact, because the performance so sadly lacks energy, it is never developed...
...drama revolves around the relationship between Kit (Rebecca Howe) and Milly (Elsie Marks), two school cronies who rival each other inspite of their longstanding friendship. Kit, sophisticated and cosmopolitan, writes quality books that don't sell. Milly, banal and spitefully petty, writes trashy romances that make the bestseller's list. Milly accuses Kit of luring her husband (Jamie Wolf) and daughter Deidre (Nora Jaskowiak) from her; Deidre unwittingly sweeps Kit's boyfriend Rudd (Matthew Haynes) off his feet. None of this, however, is powerful enough to shatter the relationship between the two, which somehow manages to transcend all differences...
...tension that these rivalries create--and the bond that keeps them together--is never developed in the play. When Deidre asks Kit why friendship is so important to her, she answers with seeming disinterest...
...sought support from other international groups. An informal working alliance developed in the United Nations between anti-Israeli Arabs and the anti-apartheid forces of Black Africa. The result was a two-pronged attack against Israel and South Africa...Throughout the 1960s Israel pursued an active policy of friendship with Black Africa, and offered technical and economic aid...After the emergence of the alliance between Black Africa and the Arab world in 1973, however, many African nations broke off relations with Israel...