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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Without Hedda on stage, these characters seem to sink into ridiculousness. The passionate pleas of Frost's lovelorn Lovborg seem almost schoolboyish. Judge Brack, played by Nestor Davidson, fares little better. As the insidiously corrupt Brack, Davidson plays up his character with a tad too much joviality. His tendency to...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Hedda Strong | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

The Society of Arab Students' tearjerking stories of Israeli atrocities and impassioned emotional pleas fail to convince me that Israel should let the riots continue. Stories of atrocities may arouse sympathy, but they are no substitute for the reasoned discourse that will lead to a political solution for Palestine. SAS...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The Jewish-American Dilemma | 4/13/1988 | See Source »

The White House has angered Congress on several occasions by turning down pleas for import relief, most notably from the shoe industry. Many Democrats, and a few Republicans as well, are pushing for provisions in the trade bill that would force the Administration to retaliate automatically against unfair foreign traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of A Mishmash | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

McFarlane, who agreed to cooperate fully with independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh's investigation, could be sentenced to up to four years imprisonment and fined as much as $400,000 for the guilty pleas he entered before U.S. District Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McFarlane Confirms He Misled Congress | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

Last week a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California dismayed the Reagan Administration by doing just that in the nettlesome debate of the military vs. homosexuals. In 1980 the court upheld the Navy's discharge of three people accused of homosexual conduct. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Uniform Treatment for Gays | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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