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Kearney predicts that Black Rep. Harold Washington's victory in last week's well-publicized Chicago mayoral election will encourage an increased minority voter turnout that will benefit state Rep. Melvin H. King, the only Black in the Boston field. But he doubts that the Hub will replay the Chicago scenario. "Boston is a different city than Chicago in terms of demographics," he explains, adding, "I don't have any reason to believe that this campaign will take on those racial dimensions...
...themselves off the streets and into closets all over town, just as the work of high-fashion designers becomes assimilated into a more generalized style. Fashion does not just waft down to the streets. It also comes up from there. In rap style you find not only a retro-replay of the past and a sometimes ironic comment on it, but also a fast back alley to the future...
...this point, no clear alternative has yet emerged to challenge White's corrupt administration. So White and his machine could keep City Hall by default, effectively negating his opponents through shrewd politicking and brilliant media manipulation. But if a viable alternative does emerge, Boston will be poised to replay the Chicago scenario, as one of the six challengers-all of whom, of course, decry corruption and machine politics-will take over City Hall...
...parts. Deep divisions are said to exist between the regular military and the poorly trained but highly indoctrinated Islamic Guards. Troop morale is waning, and some expatriates say absenteeism and desertions are rife. Said a U.S. analyst in Saudi Arabia last week: "The gulf war has become a terrible replay of World War I, in which each side launches a terrible offense only to be beaten back by an even more formidable defense. The result: stalemate...
...Krapp's Last Tape, one of those Beckett masterpieces which do not number accessibility among their many virtues, the audience did essentially that--sat in the dark--while the 69-year-old Krapp listened to his own voice on a tape. The audience listened to him listen to himself, replay himself, and tape his reactions to the replays. Mercifully, by skillful use of some impressive high-tech equipment, director Adam Cherson has somewhat embellished the purity of this experience. In this new version, Krapp (David Gullette) sits facing a hidden video monitor, and his reproduced image faces the audience while...