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...imbalance in the distribution of the world's food supplies is obvious to many students, but the sheer enormity of the problem makes any individual effort to correct that imbalance seem ridiculous. It's hard to see how denying oneself seconds on roast beef will make much difference to the starving masses in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But observers of the world food situation are saying that it is just such an individual change--on a mass scale--that is necessary if worldwide famine is to be averted...
...immediate suspicion when film stars engage in this sort of enterprise is to assume that they are massaging their egos. It would be truer to think of them as returning redemptively to their roots. At its best, acting is finding oneself in the attentive eye and reciprocal embrace of one's fellow human beings. The only place where that can happen is on the living stage...
...brightness of the two lead performances, the mediocrity of the supporting actors sheds dark shadows on the production. These actors are on a completely different level from McMinn and Hill, and the result is strange. Immersing oneself in the truths expressed by Anouilh and in the essential drama between Antigone and Creon, one almost forgets the presence of the other actors. For Anouilh's meaning is strong enough to transcend the weakness of the minor performers...
...Running depends upon one's ability to push oneself, more than a certain ability," Keefe said yesterday. He said that "It's sort of a game to see if one can overcome the mental and physical barriers that running presents on the competitive level...
...fear of crime which makes people buy handguns to protect themselves. But the purchase of a handgun only magnifies the chance of accidental violence. Numerous studies have pointed out that arming oneself leads to more dead homeowners, not more dead robbers. As the number of handguns in circulation increases, the chances that the guns will fall into the hands of criminals also increase. Just about every handgun used in a criminal act was once stolen from an honest citizen. This in turn leads to more violent crime involving handguns. With this increase in crime, the fear of crime rises...