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...their magnetic stuff; but it is in ensemble work that the London stage shines. In directing Nicholas Nickleby, Trevor Nunn juggled 43 actors in 138 speaking parts to create the propulsive bustle of Dickens' London. Now he and Choreographer Gillian Lynne have brought an informed anarchy to Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical settings for T.S. Eliot's exercise in whimsy and social satire, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. When it appeared in 1939, Practical Cats comprised 14 poems; Valerie Eliot, the poet's widow, discovered others, which have been incorporated into the production...
...players have said they would consider accepting some less punishing scheme of compensation, but the owners are refusing to compromise. They seem determined to force a walkout; as much as $50 million in strike insurance has been arranged with Lloyd's of London. Says American League Player Representative Doug DeCinces of the Baltimore Orioles: "Time and again we've tried to discuss our situation and time and again we've been treated like spoiled kids." The situation has got to the point where DeCinces' National League counterpart, Bob Boone of the Philadelphia Phillies, will not talk...
...loudly by voters angry over specific proposed budget cuts. Still, many members of Congress sensed a new willingness to sacrifice among Americans and an admirable sophistication toward the economic issues. "There is more of this mood than I've seen in a long, long time," noted Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. "People are looking more long-term than short-term," the Democrat added, citing a general preference for tax cuts that would stimulate business over personal tax breaks as one such sign...
...movement to limit Japanese imports is also gathering strength on Capitol Hill. The International Trade Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee will begin hearings this week on a bill sponsored by Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and John Danforth of Missouri to restrict the sale of Japanese cars.* The Bentsen-Danforth Bill would limit Japanese auto imports to 1.6 million cars annually for the next three years. While that proposal is not now expected to pass Congress, it will keep pressure on the Japanese to agree to a voluntary restriction...
Many other stations, however, are just as firmly convinced that PBS President Lawrence Grossman, who sponsored the plan, has made serious mistakes in both math and logic. "The projected revenues are not realistic," complains Lloyd Kaiser, president of Pittsburgh's WQED. "They will add up to a very small amount of money for each station." John J. Iselin of New York's Channel 13 says that PBS might well have to borrow $100 million from banks and insurance companies just to set up the new venture. Even a supporter of the proposal like WETA's Chamberlin...