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Between Mandalay and the "pagoda-studded plain of Pagan" lies a 27-hour boat trip down the Irrawaddy River. We had a choice between "cabin" and "deck" and for an extra dollar chose the cabin. Well, the deck looked like steerage, every square inch filled by a body or a basket of smelly goods. The cabin, however, was not much better. It consisted of three wooden bunks and a table, and we shared it with a wealthy Burmese family, their electrical appliances, and eight or nine monks with shaven heads and long orange robes...
From the time of the ancient Greeks, philosophers, politicians and just plain folk have debated the best form of society and the proper role of the state in the lives of its people. For more than a century, advocates of collective ownership and strong government control of the economy have marched under the banner of socialism. Those who champion private property, individual initiative and the pursuit of profit are in the capitalist camp...
...recorded some 30 authors, from William F. Buckley Jr. to Taylor Caldwell: "You do all the characters. You use different accents. I've been Eisenhower and Khrushchev. It's reviving what I call the theater of the mind." Actress Glenn Close, who has recorded the children's book Sarah, Plain and Tall, concurs, "I find it challenging. You have to play five or six different parts, and you have to give a real sense of storytelling. I was raised by a mother who read to us every night. I cherish the memory of her voice. In recording Patricia MacLachlan...
...ahead, make his day. In the roles of mayor of Carmel, Calif., Marine Sergeant Tom Highway and just plain Clint Eastwood, he is far too busy acting, directing, producing and running a town to take any flak. Not even from the U.S. Army. Seems that in his latest film, Heartbreak Ridge, he plays a lifer who won a medal in a bloody Korean War battle but who is now going through some rough times both in and out of the service. The Army refused to cooperate with the production because of script problems, so Eastwood sold it to the Marines...
While the President makes plain his conservative views on abortion, school prayer and affirmative action, he has shunned active involvement in the right- wing campaigns on social causes. Meese is more than happy to jump into the fray and get his hands dirty. "He represents us on the conservative social issues. It's his franchise," says White House Communications Director Patrick Buchanan. "He speaks with the voice of the President if not at his specific direction...