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There were scattered protests; residents adjoining the site began to complain in the early '70s about architect I.M. Pei's colossal architectural mock-ups and the potential pollution spawned by tourists flocking to Cambridge to gawk at the museum's coconuts, busts and other memorabilia...
...donic talents (We Still Kill the Old Way, Investigations of a Citizen Above Suspi cion, both starring Volonte). Lulu suggests no solutions. Petri takes great joy in the freedom of unrestricted attack and ignores the drudgery of coming up with answers. In fact, he could be counted on to mock anyone who dared...
Such a rejoinder would not be universally applauded. But students observing the mock confrontation in Washington, D.C., considered the answer perfect. The scene was staged during a ten-week course called "Assertiveness Training," the most popular offering in George Washington University's division of continuing education for women. Taught by Psychologist Roland Tanck, the program is one of hundreds of "assertiveness" courses that have recently sprung up at universities and counseling centers...
...Mock Burial. More recently, Tom-balbaye's opposition has come from fellow Bantu military officers and members of his own party as well. In 1973 General Felix Malloum, then commander in chief of the army, was arrested for allegedly conspiring to overthrow Tombalbaye. Early this year Mrs. Kaltouma Guembang, former head of the Progressive Party's women's wing, was tried for attempting to kill the President by witchcraft. She allegedly hired wizards to pierce the eyes of a black sheep-symbolizing Tombalbaye-and bury it alive. The movement to oust Tombalbaye gained momentum last summer when...
Firm Believer. Anatomists of the Perelman corpus may detect a slight twice-breathed air here, as well as in "Nostasia in Asia," the five-part piece that concludes the collection. Some of the ground and most of the mock dudgeon are reminiscent of Westward Ha! (1948). That magnificent Middle Eastern curse, "May you live a thousand years and a trolley car grow in your stomach annually!" appeared at least once before in The Rising Gorge...