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...fighting the Sandinista government of Nicaragua just keep plodding along. Six months after the U.S. Congress voted to cut off their covert Central Intelligence Agency funding, the rebels have come to depend increasingly on supplies and money from private U.S. sources. Economic hardship has forced the guerrilla factions to halt their frequent bickering, but a united front remains elusive. The war itself has quieted down, with the insurgents avoiding battles with Nicaraguan troops in favor of ambushes and hit-and-run strikes. The overall reality, however, has not changed: the contras right now are too small in number...
Marcos himself brought a temporary halt to the rumors late last week when he appeared at a 1¾-hour Cabinet meeting in his study at Malacanang Palace. In a variation on a theme by the late Lyndon Johnson, who once publicly showed off his abdominal-surgery scars, Marcos raised his shirt to show a stomach and chest free of any signs of recent surgery. His audience laughed at the gesture, perhaps nervously; Marcos invited any Cabinet official who did not believe in his good health-and talked about itto resign...
...Cambridge City Council in its regular meeting this week expressed sympathy for the tenants and it looks like another classic town gown battle is shaping up as councilors will probably consider rezoning laws in an effort to halt the sales...
BARNEY ROSSET, personal friend and publisher of Samuel Beckett in the United States, has asked the A.R.T. to halt its production of Mr. Beckett's Endgame. Beckett himself has termed the production "completely unacceptable" and "a complete parody of the play as conceived by me." He added "Anyone who cares for this work couldn't fall to be disgusted by this...
...multiple light sources, off-stage voices, incidental music, and those moments when Hamm and Clov overlap lines to create unintelligible gibberish all distract from the finely honed intensity of the play. Philip Glass's excellent score only works when the thundering drums and manic melody suddenly halt in the deathly silence that opens the show...