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...Willy Loman, who all his life has been a salesman-and never a very successful one-is faced with what he cannot face: defeat. He has learned the go-getter gospel by heart, fervently played the goodfellow game, planted his sons along the broad winning highway, locked himself-and then lost himself-inside the American dream. His nerve going, his job gone, his boys slashing their way out of his dream, the truth clawing down one after another of his defenses, Willy Loman has no prop left except a loyal and loving wife. It is not enough. He can only...
...dwindling heritage. His central character admires the medieval period as "a quiet, dull life punctuated by ceremony " That describes precisely the ordered, ancestor-worshiping existence of the families in The Middle Ages and, more broadly, of virtually all families. By the play's end, Gurney's rebel reconciles himself-and the audience-to the serene rewards of dull domesticity...
...Japan's Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, deliberately chose to play modest roles. The erudite and usually garrulous Spadolini, like Mitterrand, was outspoken only in assailing high U.S. interest rates, which he claimed had seriously jeopardized Italy's anti-inflation drive. The reticent Suzuki skillfully avoided drawing attention to himself-and thus escaped sharp criticism of his nation's selective, restrictive import policies and its aggressive overseas selling. Canada's Deputy Prime Minister MacEachen explained the reluctance of the conferees to publicly criticize Japan: "When you are extolling the virtues of free trade, it is hard...
Still, perhaps Hartman may be forgiven his high opinion of himself-and his reported $680,-000-a-year salary. He made the show a success, and he still works 14 or 15 hours a day, preparing for interviews and deciding who and what will be on the show. Though he has no experience in journalism, Hartman, who earned a degree in economics from Duke, has a characteristic required of any good journalist: curiosity. "His appeal is that he seems genuinely interested in the world," says his new competitor, Kuralt. "He is quite good at what he does...
...Arrigo fought back loudly and struck a nerve. Carey humbly said, "I regret if my position as Governor has been a burden to my neighbors"-and ordered the state to leave D'Arrigo's property alone. Back in Manhattan, Carey presumably lifted his spirits by planning to move himself-and two state police guards -into a new $500,000 duplex apartment on Park Avenue, more spacious than his current digs in a midtown hotel...