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...most part, the answer is no. We see Marler worry about and eventually pass his General Exams in the Harvard English department, struggle with a psychotic roommate and fail in the pursuit of Pamela, an enigmatic novelist, but none of these things make the leap from anecdote to art. The monologue often relies on mere local reference to keep the audience interested. We get a sort of thrill from hearing places and people we know mentioned on stage. When Marler does strive for larger meaning, he usually achieves only pretension--as with the title, which has no more concrete meaning...
...Pamela subplot, which has the most potential to be something resembling a drama, is the most disappointing element of the monologue; we never hear enough about Pamela to believe that Marler is interested in her, and when he loses her we don't see it as any kind of defeat. The closest thing we get to an absorbing problem is Marler's struggle with social phobia, which he presents honestly and sympathetically; but this too is unresolved, apparently cured by having passed his exams...
...Young women lose their fair share of more than $25,000,000 in prestigious awards each year solely due to the use of a biased test," said Fair Test's Executive Director Dr. Pamela Zappardino...
...Interior Minister Charles Pasqua summoned U.S. Ambassador Pamela Harriman to his office to protest the spying. At a second meeting Feb. 10, he demanded that the five CIA officers leave the country immediately. Working their contacts in the French intelligence services, senior CIA officials were assured that the matter would be dealt with behind closed doors. The two countries' spy agencies have had fierce battles over economic secrets, ``but when we fight wars together or life-and-death issues like terrorism, we work closely with the French,'' said a former CIA official...
...Pamela A. Bender, executive director of the Massachusetts Tenants' Organization, said the pamphlet is biased toward landlords at the expense of tenants...