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Former president Ronald W. Reagan said that Atwater "was a true patriot and public servant who believed in free elections and the democratic process. He never lost the will to fight...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Good Riddance | 4/3/1991 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Julia disguises herself as a servant boy and visits Proteus. When she discovers that Proteus is pursuing Silvia, she intervenes, telling Silvia that he has another lover in Verona. Silvia and Valentine are reunited, as are Proteus and Julia. The Two Gentlemen of Verona concludes with a standard, though convoluted, happy ending...

Author: By Carol J. Margolis, | Title: Verona Trite Yet Well-Directed | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

...example, when the two simpletons cowered before the wrath of Master Arnolphe, Burrell had them perform more acrobatic stumbling than the Lowell JCR stage should have to endure. The most abominable aspect of their performances was the pseudodialect of the male servant, Alain (Bliss Dake). One could never be sure whether he derived his verbal twang from the deep South, southern California or the center of London. The accent quickly became so distracting that the servant follies never attained their potential hilarity...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: This Play Should Go Back to School | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

Weiss effectively plays both Madam Lucetta and Silvia. Her Madam Lucetta, Julia's servant, is nosy but avoids caricature. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Scully or of Ashley. Over-acting reduces both of their characters to flat stereotypes that quickly become tiresome...

Author: By Carol J. Margolis, | Title: Verona Trite Yet Well-Directed | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

...Georgian was a provincial politician with no experience in world affairs -- and as an indication that Gorbachev intended to be his own Foreign Minister. That assessment was wrong. In reality, the two planned together to tame the country's adventurist foreign policy and make it the servant of domestic needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shevardnadze: Perestroika's Other Father | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

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