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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle of the play, Arnolphe forces Agnes to read a book of maxims about marriage, her schooling in wifery. Instead of having Robin read the ditties as the script calls for, Sagal sends in a troupe of "Maxim Players" (Jennifer Litt, Will Provost, Fiona Tingley, and Manson Yew) who proceed to act out eleven of them. Sagal turns a potentially boring segment into an amusing vaudeville skit. Other scenes like this punctuate the show, keeping the action fastpaced and the energy level high...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: The School for Wives | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

Simon's idea of high comedy is to construct sitcom-like scenarios of marital tension and infidelity, milking all the lame laughter he can get out of it. In California Suite, four couples come at different times to the same suite of a posh hotel. They proceed to harangue each other, making snide remarks about their mates' sexual prowess, and to show how very un-funny California life...

Author: By Lea A. Saslav, | Title: Suite Dreams | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...second husband. Of the photographs that accompany the text, three include McCarthy's younger brother Kevin, a well-known actor, who is never mentioned by name in his sister's narrative. Those who are not already in the know about the author's biography receive little encouragement to proceed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mary, Mary HOW I GREW | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...Schmidt and other Europeans persisted, and in December 1979, toward the end of the Carter Administration, allied ministers met in Brussels and committed their governments to the so-called two-track decision. NATO would proceed toward deployment, beginning in late 1983, of 572 new intermediate- range American missiles in Europe to offset the SS-20s. Five NATO members would accept batteries of Tomahawk ground-launched cruise missiles, and West Germany would also permit the upgrading of the Pershing I to the Pershing II, which has more than twice the range and a much more accurate warhead. At the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slouching Toward an Arms Agreement | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...have to proceed according to the Camp David agreements. This is the most realistic way. In spite of all initiatives and trends, nobody has found a better way to get a solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shamir: I Think It Will Pass | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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