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Many experts are alarmed about the high level of consumer debt. Warns Gilbert Heebner, chief economist for Philadelphia-based CoreStates Financial, a bank holding company: "Debt problems have the potential to retard economic growth and, at worst, lead to another recession." And if a slump comes, many debt-laden families could sink into insolvency. Says Henry Kaufman, chief economist for Wall Street's Salomon Brothers: "American households as a whole have never been more exposed to a downturn...
Across the nation, people groped for words. "It exploded," murmured Brian French, a senior at Concord High School in New Hampshire, as the noisy auditorium fell quiet. A classmate, Kathy Gilbert, turned to him and asked, "Is that really where she was?" At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., scientists turned away from their remarkable new photographs of the distant planet Uranus and stared, stunned, at the telecast from Florida. "We all knew it could happen one day," said one, "but, God, who would have believed...
...James A. Gilbert, associate medical examiner, listed the cause of death as "ligature compression of the neck," which Conte said means strangulation...
Lack-luster though it was, The Sorceror is not without some good performances. Lisa Zeidenberg, playing the beautiful Aline, dazzled the audience with an elegant and refined voice. She sang with precise diction--an important factor in making fast-paced Gilbert and Sullivan verse comprehensible. Aline is engaged to marry the wealthy Alex Poindextre (played by Paul Moreaux), a naive Richie Rich who dreams of saving the world through a magical universal love. Alex's exploits create a mid-summer night's dream love tangle, where everyone falls in love with their personality opposite. Though Moreaux played the part...
...whole, The Sorceror suffers less from such strains as from lack of energy and an oddly somber tone. One's expectations for the liveliness of a Gilbert and Sullivan highlight this failing. If you've never seen a Gilbert and Sullivan play before, you might enjoy this performance. But if you've seen one before, you may not want to see them...