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...blatant disregard, nay, hostility, towards human rights, his election would most likely force Congress to withdraw military aid to El Salvador list it forfeit any of the moral high ground U.S. foreign policy so aspires to. Moreover, the thought of a cut-off of its blood line would, immediately, pit much of the army against d'Aubuisson. Thus, the political floor work would hopefully collapse from underneath d'Aubuisson before the entire country blew up, the latter being the most likely outcome...
...most expensive and prominent House races will pit Democratic Rep. James K. Jones (D-Okla.) against the winner of a Republican primary in which both contenders have already spent more than $1 million each. Jones parallels the conservative Democrat, but as Chairman of the House Budget Committee, he has done as much as any congressman to dismantle the Reagan economic program...
...have composed dozens of brassy ballads for gutsy ladies staking out their parcel of asphalt turf. No raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens for these guys. Kander's tunes have the catchy dissonance of a Broadway traffic snarl just before show time; violins cower mutely in the pit while the percussion sets a tempo of edgy energy and the horns bleat like Kurt Weill's orphaned children. Ebb never wrote a lyric as clawing as the imaginary one cited above, but he revels in devising anthems of urban indomitability. Everything that outsiders hate about New York City...
...about prosody: misplaced accents make some lines sound as if they were translated from Czech. He also overuses the device of building scenes from a solo or duet into a chorus. But MacDermot's invention, which puts unexpected topspin on his melodies, his deft handling of a small pit orchestra and, at bottom, his appealing portrayal of homey virtues all add up to an evening that stubbornly sticks in the memory's ear. Which, of course, is what real operas are supposed to do. -By Michael Walsh
...Free man, the creators of the show, have invented a conglomerate that might better be called Bedlam Inc. The company's indecisive sales manager answers yes-or-no questions with a paralyzed "Nes" and blurts out unsolicited confessions. He tells his wife, "You know that huge Hawaiian barbecue pit we put in? Well, I didn't pay for it. I buried it in the Kuwaiti bid under market research." Cohen maintains that this is how companies really work. "This is a comedy and will treat business like...