Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still write plays in this country. Don DeLillo's The Day Room, which premiered last spring as part of the ART's NewStages series at the Pudding, was revived last week for a limited run. While breaking no new dramatic ground, it fires off brilliant metaphysical gags at a pace that would amaze even Woody Allen. If you want to watch the work of a man who knows the secrets of dialogue, suspense and humor, then flock to the next showing of The Day Room. Certainly Ronald Ribman, professional Playwright, could do worse than to buy a ticket and learn...
...mention the fastest sailboat on the Indian Ocean. "I didn't see a foot put wrong in any one of the races by any one of their team," losing Skipper Iain Murray said admiringly. "We made a few mistakes and were a little bit off the pace." Beaten to every buoy, they finished each race more than a minute late. But Perth cheered Yank and Aussie alike, and no one seemed the loser...
While the Port-au-Prince government is preoccupied with law-and-order, the ^ populace is more disturbed by the slow pace of justice. Although two Duvalier cronies, including Luc Desyr, the former Tonton Macoutes chief, have been packed off to prison, scores of others have been allowed to slip out of the country. Says Manigat: "The government is perceived as weak and slow in the de-Duvalierization of the country...
...relentless examination of the efficiency and effectiveness of everything they do. They are tearing up organization charts, selling off unsatisfactory product lines and closing down unprofitable plants at a rate never seen before. Their aim: to produce streamlined, combative concerns that can withstand the frenetic, competitive pace of the late...
Duvalier refuses to speak with journalists, so it is impossible to know what he thinks of his new life. Given his legendary love of cars, women and the good life, it is quite possible that he finds the lazy pace agreeable. His svelte wife, however, has made her boredom plain. In an interview last December with Vanity Fair, Michele Duvalier complained that her days were a "bit empty." At 37, she thinks she might like to pursue a modeling career...