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Saigon's population tripled in ten years. Refugees poured into the city, pushing its edges outward every year and straining the capacities of a pre-industrial urban center to the breaking point. The city had a huge, white presidential palace at its center and rows of homes made entirely of flattened Budweiser beer cans on its outskirts...
...tiny, cultivated elite, into a more widely based, commercially successful venture. He was a generous patron, who took a personal interest in the production of anything that added to the glory of his reign. Isfahan was so completely his creation that his corrupt successors did not significantly change the outward shape of his society. Yet their dissipation ate away at its heart. Isfahan's essential weakness was betrayed when the city fell to an illassorted Afghan army in 1722, bringing to an end an era that had always been too dazzling to be quite real...
...last week had already made some preliminary conclusions. For one thing, Jupiter's magnetic field-only about ten times stronger than the earth's-follows what the scientists variously dubbed a "Saturn ring" and "Hula-Hoop" model; that is, the lines of magnetic force seem to stretch outward near the equator but are more rounded at the poles. The average temperature of Jupiter's cloud tops is somewhat above 200°F. with no apparent variations on the day and night sides; this fact tends to confirm the widely accepted idea that Jupiter-which is so large...
...inevitable result of the disguises and traps everyone indulges in is their complete bewilderment. Only two characters, Viola--who started it all--and the omnipresent Fool, manage to make fleeting passes at reality. David Reynolds deftly plays the Fool's role, a delicate balance weighing the outward frivolity of events against the startling depth of folly. He captures the irony and the sadness of the Clown's state and his success does much to convey the play's more serious overtones...
...were nearly heroic. They were called in lots ranging from six Southern Democratic Senators to 78 Republican Congressmen. The sessions gradually expanded from an unsatisfying Nixon monologue to a tough exchange of views. Many of the President's listeners were impressed by his combative mood and at least outward confidence under fire...