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...trust them. She dabs a bit of sugar from the canister on a finger and tastes it. Salt. She samples sugar from the other canisters. They have salt too, and she gathers them up to replace them. Someone is hazing her, breaking her into her new job. Her eyes shine with tears...
...assessing the perpetual thinking machine that goes by the name of Mortimer Adler, Harvard Sociologist David Riesman says, "There is something marvelously relentless about him." Both the marvel and the relentlessness shine through in Adler's newly published Ten Philosophical Mistakes (Macmillan; $12.95), which takes to task a Who's Who of the major philosophers since Thomas Aquinas. In the process, the book tells the rest of the world not only what to think but also why it should follow the latest gospel according to Mortimer...
...must fight for a value system, we must not put money above morals and economics above ethics," Jackson shouted to a roaring crowd in the Yard. "Rise up America, let the light of freedom shine, and nothing compromised to the lurking shadow apartheid. Rise up America, give our youth a reason to live. Rise up America, do justice, love mercy and walk only before our God. Rise up America, give me you tired, your poor, your huddled masses who have earned the right to breathe free. Rise up America, red, yellow, brown, Black and white. Rise up America...
THOUGH THE CHARACTERS often blend into each other, the cast makes an admirable effort to compensate with solid singing, well-primed and energetic dancing, and a fairly lively ensemble spirit. A number of performances shine, and the directors have nicely managed the shifts between the 40-odd spoken or sung segments. The inspired moments of the production come with upbeat numbers but quite a few monologues--especially those by Nikki (Karen Gordon)--are provocative or funny and sometimes both...
...others made a gesture indicating that he might have a weapon. Goetz later told police that by then he had mentally constructed his "field of fire." Said Goetz: "I had no intention of killing them at that time, but then I saw the smile on his face and the shine in his eyes, that he was enjoying this. I knew what they were going to do. Do you understand...