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...that the South Vietnamese let the Communists get away rather than risk destroying the town. Nonetheless, the attack was the most successful ground assault on a major city in two years. President Nguyen Van Thieu was sufficiently angered to order the immediate firing of the responsible province chief, Colonel Lo Cong Danh (whose name means "the road to glory...
...play has to end in a courtly setting. Back in the kingdom of Sicilia, Leontes is reunited with his wife and his long-lost daughter, Perdita, Imagine the final scene: the persecuted queen is on a pedestal frozen in a statue pose. Enter Leontes with full court procession. Lo, the statue moves. Queen Hermione kisses Leontes, then embraces Perdita. Thus far, the sentiments seem as bogus as the stage mechanism. In answer to the general call for "light libations," all the company extras stream onstage from different directions, eagerly awaiting their cue before launching on a final dance-spree...
...have to be kidding. The folder tells us majestically that Chauncey Winston Minot VII was director of this, president of that...etc...etc., but not where they stand on anything. The alumni think they're reading somebody's resume, mark their X's...and lo and behold...two-thirds of Harvard's ruling body has sideburns down to their knees...
Other winners are: Clarence Y. H. Lo, of Eliot and Philadelphia (Social Studies); Roger H. Mathews, of Leverett and Greensboro, N. C. (Chemistry and Physics); Robert E. Mintz, of Leverett and Burbank, Calif. (Social Studies); and Angel M. Rabasa, of Dunster and Miami, Fla. (History...
...lo! the very stars are gone...