Word: journeyer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of the expelled workers chose to make the 275-mile trip to Accra overland and their journey was often a nightmare. Separated from Nigeria by the narrow countries of Togo and Benin (see map), Ghana is ruled by Flight Lieut. Jerry Rawlings, who seized power for the second time 13 months ago. Rawlings had ordered all his borders with neighboring countries to be closed last September in an effort to wipe out smuggling and assuage his own fears about an external coup plot said to involve foreign mercenaries...
...main value of Berlin's study is his combination of dramatic with literary criticism Beginning with a chapter that jumps headlong into a straightforward analysis of what he calls O'Neill's finest tragedy. Long Day's Journey Into Night. Berlin goes a long way towards evoking the elements of the play which give it such emotional impact Long Day's Journey ...is a play in four acts that traces the development of the Tyrone family through agonizing dialogues between the four characters during one day Events of the past are highlighted through solitary confessions from the drug-addict mother...
BERLIN DOES NOT NEGLECT the literary analysis necessary for a complete review of the dramatist. He devotes worthwhile space to examining the relationships between the characters in Long Day's Journey, presenting the two "parties" of the family, the two without illnesses who debate blame back and forth, and the Ill pair constantly trying to escape reality. He takes a more scholarly view as well, comparing O'Neill's use--and modern drama's--of alcohol and drugs for truth telling to the Elizabethans' similar use of madness. He emphasizes O'Neill's Beckettian use of time; the play progresses...
...Short of the President's trip abroad, it is the most important mission undertaken by this Administration." That, in the slightly exaggerated words of a Reagan Administration insider last week, seemed to sum up the sense of anticipation in some quarters surrounding Vice President George Bush's journey to Europe. After weeks of growing anxiety among the Western allies, caused by the hard U.S. line in negotiations with the Soviets over intermediate-range missiles, a long-planned vice presidential trip suddenly became a belated counteroffensive against recent successes scored by the Soviet peace offensive in Western Europe. Said...
...NOTEBOOK: The raquetmen became such a close knit group during their 10-day journey through England in mid-November Dinnean said. "It was a different kind of squash, playing with a soft ball and larger courts. But playing against teams that were better than us, and six matches in 10 days, really sharpened our game...