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Somalia is not just a humanitarian disaster but a threat to peace in the region. Refugees are pouring into Kenya and Ethiopia, straining the fragile social, political and economic structures there. Until recently, the world seemed barely to care. The Horn of Africa is no longer the cockpit of East- West competition that it was during the cold war. In this respect too, Somalia has been a black hole -- a dark spot in the universe of the big powers' strategic concerns...
SOMALIA, A SICKLE-shaped expanse on the Horn of Africa, stretches across an unforgiving desert, arid and commanding. For centuries nomads have crossed and recrossed the territory in search of food and water. Akin in language and religion, this homogeneous people should have been destined to live in unity, without the tribal strife that tears apart other African countries. But limited natural resources and internal disputes have historically kept stability at a distance, and the clans of Somalia have regularly battled one another into a state of anarchy...
Members of the orchestra are similarly selfless. While the musical accompaniment is crucial and certainly adequate in this production, it is not a memorable aspect of the performance. Indeed, some members of the orchestra were seen yawning in between cymbal claps or horn toots...
Backup split end Ed Kmak was wide open in the left corner of the end zone, but Hetherington overthrew the ball. Kmak leaped and caught the pass but landed out of bounds as the horn sounded...
...production is not unconvincing, but director Gilbert's failure to very the onstage mood makes for three hours of restless seat-sliding. Perhaps a more traditional interpretation would have been more successful than the Huntington's, whose only connection with O'Neill is the occasional blast of the fog horn that reminds the audience of the setting...