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...told Congress that he has undertaken a "new look" at the SIOP, but given his cautious record, critics doubt how far-reaching this look will be. Nitze, hardly an advocate of unilateral disarmament, says the U.S. could make do with 3,000 or so warheads, while former Defense Secretary Harold Brown insists that a stable deterrence is achievable under certain circumstances with no more than 1,000 warheads...
From the beginning, nothing in this play seems kosher. There is an opening scene in which Chrissy (China Forbes) and her father, Harold (Blake Spraggins), are dancing close. Harold, decidedly unpaternal and sleazy, elaborates on his recent prostrate problems. He also tells Chrissy that she will make love often in her new apartment--with blond boys, Black boys and hot-blooded Spaniards, he says...
...male character with the least direction is Harold. Spraggins is lost and lifeless in this subtle and demanding role. He is almost uniformly unbelievable, his delivery heavy handed and poorly timed, especially in scenes with Forbes alone...
...would be ridiculous to condemn Rabe's work solely for being too brutal. Theater is not a utilitarian concept, nor should it ever be. The playwright, like Chrissy, just wants to tell a story. And as Harold says, "Life's sad. Chrissy, it makes you want to cry." But Rabe never gives us time or inclination to do so between the short scenes as inhospitable to Chrissy as the characters that surround...
Bush called in some of capitalism's and democracy's best "workers" and thinkers to show Gorbachev his enthusiasm and sincerity, which is what official entertaining has been about since John Adams opened up the house. The guests journeyed into Washington by corporate jet (Ford's chairman, Harold Poling) and Amtrak (Princeton's legendary Soviet expert George Kennan). Washington Post publisher Donald Graham could not get his car past the befuddled White House police, so he hoofed it up the sidewalk...