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...Nicaraguans lament the 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his right-wing dictatorship, of course, but many of the peasants of Nueva Segovia oppose the Sandinistas strongly enough to support the contra cause at great risk. Those who are caught aiding the guerrillas are often killed by the Sandinistas. The contras can be equally brutal when they uncover Sandinista informers or seize enemy troops. "If we capture them in a fight and they have no more ammunition, then they must die," said a subcomandante known as Pelón. "That shows they were trying to kill us and gave...
...Lampoon, a social club which occasionally publishes parodies, also printed "The Lament of John H in 1924 a verse of which reads...
Compelling facts do not always cohere into riveting drama. But Mann, author of the social documentary play Still Life, has shaped the trial transcript and other relevant comments into antiphonal form: the lament of a hard-nosed cop will be answered by a raucous drag queen; the surreal anguish of Dan White (incarnated with creepy brilliance by John Spencer) will be followed by some wildly comic testimony that might have come from Carol Burnett's blooper barrel. Execution of Justice, directed by Oskar Eustis and Anthony Taccone, is a major work that seems to stand outside the perimeters...
...host of states. "The states impose maximum impediments on registration," former President Jimmy Carter said last fall at a symposium on voter registration sponsored by Harvard and ABC News. "It is almost impossible to figure out how, in a convenient way, to become registered," he said. Carter's lament is borne out by the proliferation of rules and regulations in some states that make it downright difficult to get to the voting booth. Despite the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to eliminate discriminatory registration rules, many states continue to prohibit postcard and door-to-door registration...
...performances are giving Wall Street auto watchers something to shout about. "Super! Great! Beautiful! A hell of a job!" bubbled Michael Ward of New York City's Jesup & Lament Securities. The excitement was not over just the amount of profits but also how they were achieved: more efficient production with more automation, higher prices, lower costs, sharply reduced blue-and white-collar work forces. GM's earnings last year, for example, were about the same as in 1978, but with 1.7 million fewer vehicle sales...