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...will win. The only slight relief the White House could find in the reaction to the MX was a decision by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to revise a pastoral letter on the morality of nuclear weapons, dropping a specific objection to the missile and softening their implicit criticism of Administration policy. Meanwhile, a resolution calling for a nuclear arms freeze, which Reagan vehemently opposes, was expected to pass in the House...
George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess has had a curious history. At its premiere in 1935, it received mixed notices and was thought by many to be a failure; yet now it is considered by some to be the great American opera. Blacks were initially offended by its implicit Uncle Tomism; Duke Ellington declared, "The times are here to debunk Gershwin's lampblack Negroisms." Yet black singers have sprung to prominence in its roles, among them Todd Duncan (the first Porgy), Leontyne Price and William Warfield (in a 1952 revival) and Clamma Dale (in the 1976 Houston Grand...
...task of interpreting genius lies almost entirely in the questions implicit in such a description--the ones Hildesheimer tackles and the ones he must leave unanswered. They bring him as close to the essence of Mozart as anyone is likely...
...particularly resents the claim being made with increasing frequency in Israel, notably by former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, that the Palestinians already have a state in Jordan. Implicit, though never stated, in that argument is the idea that King Hussein should turn power over to the Palestinians, who represent some 65% of the kingdom's population. Says a Jordanian politician close to the palace: "If we do not force the Israelis to negotiate about the West Bank now, they will force us to negotiate over the East Bank later." Hussein also fears that unless broader peace talks are initiated...
...political base of the EMS evaporated with the demise of Giscard D'Estaing. The implicit aims of the system set up when Franco-German policies were converging now seem outdated. Despite the temporary fix, the shadow of a fracture icons...