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...have proved every bit as disappointing as wells drilled in the continental U.S. In 1973 the Destin fields looked so lucrative that oil companies bid a record $1.49 billion for leases. After drilling 14 dry holes, Exxon, Shell and three other producers pulled out their rigs, and oilmen now refer to that ill-fated venture as "the Destin Anticlimax." They remain confident that other offshore sites-mainly along the Eastern seaboard and the California coastline-will produce better results, perhaps yielding as much as 2 billion bbl. during the balance of the century. Whether their optimism is well founded will...
...pledging to submit to the rule, the newsmen were signing away their freedom, since the new restrictions made it illegal for reporters to quote opposition speakers, refer by name to any political prisoners, including some 30 jailed opposition members of Parliament, publish anything "likely to denigrate the institutions of the Prime Minister or the President," or even mention that published material had been censored. In sum, the press was left free to publish government handouts...
...melodrama in the play seems less high-flown when you have the melodrama of the author's own life and background to refer to. When you know that Hellman had an elegant aunt who was actually a morphine addict and the lover of her black chauffeur, who so resented the large loans she had made to her husband--the one who was having an affair with a Cajun girl--that she would never communicate with him except through the medium of her son Honey (a slightly off-beat character himself, who tried to rape Hellman when she was fourteen...
...respect, Kahn has made a fascinating departure from Wilder's script. I refer to the matter of sound effects, where the director has out-Wildered Wilder--and I bet the playwright would applaud. While there are many things that Wilder does not want us to see, he does want us to hear them. Some of these are distant--like a whistling train, a factory work-whistle, and chirping crickets on a moonlit night. Others, however, are on-stage things that are wholly imaginary--like the milkman's horse and his clanking bottles, and Mr. Webb's lawnmower...
Beyond that, while respecting the Postal Service's independence, Congress must oversee its functions much more closely. In washing its hands of postal matters in 1971, Congress abdicated a responsibility for postal affairs that was set out for it in the Constitution. The lawmakers might well refer to the words of George Washington, who spoke of the Post Office as the indispensable chain binding Americans together...