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...eating boiled crab on tables covered with yesterday's newspaper, when he celebrates the low country's amphibious charms or confronts his mixed feelings about bubba culture, there are flashes of a gifted novelist. That would be the Pat Conroy who wrote The Water Is Wide and The Great Santini, not the maker of what is certain to be this summer's best-selling snack...
...characters, but unfortunately burdens them with the entire bloody history of the 20th century. "Attempts to relate the madness of Vietnam to Hitler's evil are loopy," says Sheppard, and so is some of Conroy's rhetoric. The Pat Conroy who wrote "The Water Is Wide" and "The Great Santini" is conspicuously absent here, leaving "Beach Music" as nothing more than what is certain to be this summer's best-selling snack.Previous TIME DailyCampaign...
...just because an organization has been chartered does not mean that it will survive, as evidenced by La Organizacion Boricuia (La O). Though supported by the Harvard Foundation, La O has collapsed due to "internal problems with themselves and perhaps a little apathy," according to Marina Santini '98. "It's hard to keep up with grants, communication with other groups, and activities." Santini says, especially if potential members are already dedicating their time and energy to other Latin American organizations. Santini emphasizes that "La O is the only Puerto Rican group on campus," but even with this difference...
...convinced that his firing is for the best, because it will prompt the children to leave and grow. Onstage he departs vowing to become the world's greatest teacher. In life he went on to grace the best-seller lists and the movies (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides and 1974's Conrack, starring Jon Voight...
...slender plot -- Shirley's sneaking off to Greece for a holiday and her temptation to stay there -- into genuine introspection. It's easy to see why Collins, who originated the role in London, last month won the Olivier Award for that portrayal. Praise belongs as well to designer Bruno Santini, who makes the kitchen so pleasant and homey that one realizes its constriction only in the second act, as Shirley sprawls on a rocky seaside outcropping beneath an azure Mediterranean sky. The visual metaphor, like the play, is obvious yet enchanting...