Word: mann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courage; Luckinbill is simply an animated puppet dangling jerkily from unseen strings. Baxley's Emily was managerial yet vulnerable; Feldon is as crisp as a fresh ice cube and just about as cool whenever she melts. Under Weidner, pauses became gravamens of a lost chord of happiness. Theodore Mann directs Past Tense as if he were presiding over a domestic roller derby. It is a valuable reminder that the play you see is not always the one the au thor actually wrote...
...part of the West Bank and Gaza, the timing and seemingly punitive nature of the Cabinet's latest moves have aroused sharp criticism. Fumes Irwin Goldenberg, president of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council: "I think it's ridiculous what Begin's doing." Theodore Mann, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, offers a slightly more reserved assessment: "A good many American Jews are offended by the settlement policy when, as in the cases of Hebron and Nablus, the settlements are not linked to Israel's security." One of the many...
...great extent, American Jewish criticisms of Begin have been blunted by dismay over the Carter Administration's fumbling Middle East policies, especially the controversial snafu over the United Nations vote. "Carter reacted outrageously," charges Mann. "He practically gave the West Bank to the Palestinians." Explains U.C.L.A. Political Scientist Steven Spiegel: "Carter has deflected some of the criticism from Begin. The Administration has been particularly adept at taking actions that directly challenge Israel." As Carter's hasty retreat on the U.N. vote shows, Washington policymakers are acutely sensitive to such discontent in this election year, when Jewish votes...
...drives him from his Paris home, he settles for a few years in Hollywood. There he earns huge fees for dubbing the sound track of films like Song of Love, buys a Cadillac and plunges into the party circuit with such elegant cronies as Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Mann and Marlene Dietrich...