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Thanks for a great story on the Washington Senators' "Awesome Foursome," the "Killers' Row" of current baseball [July 20]. The diehard fans of this team finally have something to keep their hopes alive. Even Casey Stengel takes cover when the Senators arrive...
...cold-war journey to the U.S.S.R., the Administration harbored doubts as to whether the trip could really be expected to accomplish very much-and Dick Nixon shared them. Nixon expected Soviet chieftains to be cool and suspicious. feared that Nikita Khrushchev might try to snub him and keep him away from the Russian people. But by the time Nixon headed back to Washington this week, there were no doubts at all that the trip was a diplomatic and sociological success far beyond what anybody could have hoped or imagined. During his improbable fortnight behind the Iron Curtain. Nixon...
...began a new flurry of sessions, including some bearing the repellent name of "working teas." Inevitably Gromyko sidled up to Herter and privately suggested giving ground a little here or there, to keep the talk going. The West Germans, alarmed at the possibility of last-minute "ill-considered concessions," sent a hurry-up call for West Berlin's Socialist Mayor Willy Brandt to appear at Geneva. They need not have worried. The last days were spent in,exchange of poles-apart position papers, in discussing how to counter specious last-minute Soviet offers in deciding whether to recess...
Would Gromyko agree to the conference's continuing without Herter, on deputy levels? "I do not like the idea," said Gromyko. What, continued Herter, did Gromyko suggest? "Let's keep talking and try to find a solution by Wednesday...
...much of the credit for this must go to David Hays' lighting, which is as inspired and effective as I have seen in a long time (and it contributes so much that I urge you to attend an evening rather than a daytime performance). Hays is not afraid to keep many of his light levels low, which is right since so much of the play takes place either at night or under dark clouds. Macbeth's hallucinatory ghosts at the banquet are effected entirely by lighting: this is also a wise decision, for Banquo (and then Duncan?) should no more...