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...National Theater from 1973 to last summer, he is the embodiment of the subsidized institutions that make Britain the envy of most U.S. drama fans. Even shows that bring Hall to Broadway -- including The Homecoming (1967) and Amadeus (1981), which won him Tony Awards for best director -- often originate in the nonprofit houses...
TUCKER Francis Ford Coppola restores Capraesque would-be capitalist Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) to legendary life in a funny-dreamy biography of the can-do automaker who discovered that prophets often end up without profits when they threaten the economic establishment...
DEAF AND BLIND (PBS) Cinema verite specialist Frederick Wiseman took his cameras to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind and came back with four enlightening, often heartrending documentaries...
Diversity is the raw material of earth's wealth, but nature's true creativity lies in the relationships that link various creatures. The coral in a reef or the orchid in a rain forest is part of an ecosystem, a fragile, often delicately balanced conglomeration of supports, checks and balances that integrate life-forms into functioning communities. Given the complex workings of an ecosystem, it is never clear which species, if any, are expendable...
...Arafat, however, the gains made last week far outweigh the risks. Washington in effect recognizes the P.L.O. to be the sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. The implicit recognition marks a personal triumph for Arafat, who has been down so often but never out. His organization has been splintered by factionalism and scourged by armies from Jordan to Israel but never destroyed. He has promised his people much but ! never delivered. In 1982 he was drummed out of Lebanon, and just a year ago he was all but ignored at an Arab summit that consigned the Palestinian problem...