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...legitimate, perhaps indispensable part of diplomacy is symbolism. Whenever statesmen get together, it serves to remind the world, and the principals themselves, that for all the complexities of arms control and other matters of discussion, much still depends on individuals. It is not just systems that clash or coexist, but human beings...
...part of Reagan's human nature to like people. At one point during the Geneva summit, Reagan came out of a good private session with Gorbachev and told a close aide, "Sometimes I've got to remind myself just who he is and what he represents." Despite the amiability that came through in public, Reagan seems to have succeeded in that also...
...strikingly played, notably by Richard McMillan as Edgar, Lewis Gordon as Gloucester, and McKenna as a passionate, not just saintly, Cordelia. In an echo of Twelfth Night, Hirsch also features the Fool, whom Nicholas Pennell, unbearably mannered as Malvolio, plays with clearheaded reason and heartbreaking foresight. Together, the shows remind what should be an envious U.S. that its neighbor has a grand if at times misguided national theater. --By William A. Henry...
Inside the aircraft, the flight attendant has to remind Horowitz to fasten his seat belt. "I don't like these things," he tells her, but he complies. Across the aisle is a blind man. Wanda, who each year anonymously contributes funds to provide blind people with Seeing Eye dogs, comments, "Putting together the right dog and the right person is like matchmaking. They both have to be properly prepared. The dog and the blind person stay together much longer and more happily than a good many marriages...
Just before starting college, Hendricks would sometimes get nervous about her impending commitment to the armed services. She says her father would remind her that this was a great time to be in the military...