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...complacent and then too alarmist about Viet Nam, of being insufficiently sensitive and too gullible concerning the counterculture of the '60s, of being first casual and then over-zealous about Watergate. Such indictments have come from within and without the craft, often at a pitch intended to shatter glass...
President Thomaz and Portugal's rightist ultras are faced with a highly uncomfortable dilemma. The general's arrest or exile would surely shatter already shaky morale, if it did not lead to open revolt by the military. On the other hand, Spinola at liberty represents a viable symbol of an alternative to the moribund colonial policies of the regime. Already, countless thousands of Portuguese have been caught by the ringing rhetoric of his message: "A government policy can never be genuine unless it is guided by the desire of those who are governed. Those who really believe...
...always fun to exploit Mostel's talent. But long comic scenes which rely on conventional slapstick devices and stock audience responses have no place in Theater of the Absurd. Slapstick comedy is part of the audience's comfortable and familiar world which Theater of the Absurd sets out to shatter...
...loss tomorrow will shatter Harvard NC AA playoff dreams, dropping their New England ranking even further away from the top four qualifying spots...
They were allegedly preparing crossbows, rocket slingshots, incendiary and smoke bombs, fried marbles (heated to shatter on impact) and automatic weapons to attack the convention hall, police stations and police cruisers...