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...into the hearts of serious actors and patrons alike) and cabaret atmosphere--both drinks and dinner are available in addition to the admission fee--this excellent revue moves almost effortlessly from one song to the next. The whole show is tied together on a rather thin and poorly-planned pretext--most of the sparse dialogue consists of a synopsis of Porter's career, leading into the songs--but that format is merely for the purposes of decoration and filler. While it does not add to the quality of the show, it certainly does not detract...
...found "nothing less excusable than war and the appeal to national hatreds." But he added: "Once war has come, it is both cowardly and useless to try to stand on one side under the pretext that one is not responsible...
...coupled with political reprisals has already cost at least half a million lives. Why has Peking so far refused to accept Hanoi's offer to negotiate the fate of the Chinese in Viet Nam? Some Western observers speculate that Peking may have seized on the Chinese exodus as a pretext to put pressure on an erstwhile ally that is leaning more and more toward Moscow. Soviet technical aid and loans have reinforced the Kremlin's influence in Viet Nam. Fearful of being encircled by Soviet-dominated countries, Peking this year has dispatched high-level diplomatic missions to Burma, Nepal...
...certainly could not do it at a time when the Israelis, quite apart from refusing to withdraw from the lands they already occupy, are busy roaming over yet another Arab nation's territory. With rising anger, Sadat criticized Israel at week's end for "killing innocent civilians under the pretext of guaranteeing its security. We condemn such acts," he added, "as we have condemned earlier the massacre of Israeli civilians...
Maksoud said the Israelis used the recent Palestinian raid as a pretext for acquisition of land south of the Litani River that Israel has long coveted...