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Strokests often excrutiatingly funny, but the playwright's intentions remain obscure. Leslie Glass writes dialogue as absurd as a cross between lonesco and "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," but the one-liners and hilarious situations lead nowhere. As a satire on the American family, the play never succeeds on the level of Albee's American Dream although the relentless reinforcement of American stereotypes leads us to expect as much. But for black comedy Strokes can't be beaten...
Arafat's problems came up in an unexpected venue when U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a detailed discussion on the Middle East with Arthur Hartman, the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow. Gromyko spoke with regret about Arafat's predicament; the P.L.O., he said, was gradually moving toward a more moderate position, with the balance shifting toward those who acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Much of the talk touched on the Soviet Union's quest to be directly involved in future Middle East negotiations. "Why do you Americans feel you have a right to play...
When U.S. Ambassador Arthur Hartman, 57, strode into Moscow's wedding cake-style foreign ministry last week, it was not a courtesy call. He was there to protest the renewal of mysterious microwave beam transmissions directed at the U.S. embassy. On other occasions, however, the 6-ft. 3-in. Hartman makes it his business to keep the lines of communication open with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and other top officials. Hartman, who worked closely with Henry Kissinger during the Nixon and Ford Administrations, has provided his first on-the-record interview to an American correspondent in Moscow, TIME...
...just moments to air time on the set of ABC's Good Morning America and David Hartman, the program's king-size star, lays a reassuring caress on the clenched hands of his diminutive companion. "We're going on," he murmurs. The woman in red whispers back in the stage argot of her generation: "Break a leg, David." Alexis Caydom, a TV makeup specialist retained for the occasion, makes one more pass at his client's high cheekbones, then retreats. All is ready for Nancy Reagan to record a minor "first" in the history of First...
...swooped in on Tuesday to attend a promotion session for a new public service ad campaign against drugs. Later she participated in a detailed planning session with Hartman and the G.M.A. staff. The questions Nancy would ask were neatly typed in capital letters on index cards, a prompting technique the President often uses. Meanwhile, the visit allowed Nancy's press secretary, Sheila Tate, to remind reporters that the First Lady would soon tape a promotional piece for the Public Broadcasting Service's upcoming program The Chemical People, which also deals with the drug problem and for which Nancy...