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...activists pooh-pooh such fears. "Collectively and individually, talk- show hosts have the fattest egos you'd ever want to bump heads against," says Mark Williams. "So the likelihood of them agreeing on a national agenda is minimal." If they do, however, it might be time for listeners to follow an oft-repeated bit of talk-show advice: Turn your radio down...
...antidrug offensive is a tough eviction policy that Kemp called for last week. It would speed the expulsion of any person convicted, or even suspected, of dealing or using drugs. Moreover, anyone who shared the apartment with the drug offender could also be ousted. Mary Brunette, Kemp's spokeswoman, pooh-poohs the civil liberties questions raised by that policy. Says she: "The rights of law-abiding families in public housing are at least as important as the rights of criminals...
...spotlight in the prologue when he limps on stage to explain that Ida has run out on her engagement to Prince Hilarion. His amusing gestures and grimaces demonstrate why he has been the mainstay of several Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' shows. Bamberger most recently starred as King Pooh-Ba in the fall production of The Mikado...
...century ago. Crooked politicos and covert dealing abound. Ko-Ko (Steve Mooradian), sentenced to die for flirting, has managed to get himself promoted to the top of the criminal justice system--Lord High Executioner. All other functions of state fall under the aegis of the corrupt, sneering Pooh-Bah (Kenneth Bamberger). The regal Mikado (Anton Quist) makes certain that the "punishment fit the crime"--that ludicrous laws decapitate luckless lovers. Fortunately, palmgreasing and artful seduction prevent anyone from getting hurt...
...delightful distress with his new-found rank is capably contrasted by Pooh-Bah's ridiculous revelling in his. "Born sneering," Bamberger struts, nose in the air, squeamishly shrinking from the touch of commoners ("Lower than the rank of stockbroker"), except when money is in the commoner's hand. He repeatedly reminds the audience of his nobility, tracing his lineage back to his "protoplasmic ancestor...