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...basically on its own at last. Although the government's international isolation continues -- only the Soviet Union, its allies and India confer full recognition -- Hun Sen's record so far is pretty good. On the battlefield, government troops have rolled back most of the border-area gains made by rebel forces earlier this year. And despite rising public anger at official corruption, political and economic reforms on the Vietnamese model have had a dramatically positive effect...
Ketanji Brown is a commanding stage presence as Wiletta. Brown's gradual and fearful discovery of her own strength, of her inner need to rebel, is extremely convincing. This discovery is pivotal in the second act, and it is to Brown's credit that she can carry the action so effectively...
...rebel; one lewd strand of hair snakes down to his cheek. He's an orphan; his parents, the notorious Alphabet Bomber (Airport, Barber shop, Car wash, Drug store . . .) and spouse, were electrocuted together long before he turned teen. He's Wade Walker, and when the world that has branded him a juvenile delinquent weighs too heavily on his high school hellcat soul, his eye moistens with a single salty tear. So the kids call him Cry-Baby. Says Wade defiantly: "That's Mr. Baby...
Cast: Retired Lieut. Colonel Rolando ("Billy") Bibit, 15 or so rebel soldiers and a bunch of partygoers...
From that point the confrontation escalated. Leaflets scattered over Vilnius from helicopters urged the Lithuanians to abide by the Soviet constitution. Unscheduled military maneuvers were staged in and around the rebel state. Squads of security police arrived in the eastern Lithuanian town of Ignalina to reinforce the perimeter of one of the Soviet Union's largest nuclear power plants. These moves were accompanied by a shower of anti-Lithuanian decrees from Moscow. The most ominous was a directive from Gorbachev ordering Lithuanians to turn in their firearms. He also instructed the KGB to step up security on the borders...