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...well as instant parodies of Mamet and Beckett tossed in like ingredients in Ubu's wild bouillabaise, can save it from ennui. Every now and then, though, Durang's original wit shines through the sledge-hammer production, as when Andreassi suddenly transforms into Brick from Cat: "What happened between Skipper and me was good! It was pure! Okay, so we dressed up as lumberjacks and french-kissed for an hour, but it was good...
...Baltimore Orioles would like to forget last year. Despite the return of skipper Earl Weaver, the O's finished dead last in the American League East with a 73-89 mark. Yes, both the Brewers and Indians finished ahead of Earl's once-proud Birds. Name the last season Baltimore sported a losing record...
Iraqi warplanes firing antiship Exocet missiles set a Cypriot tanker ablaze in Iranian waters, one day after an Iraqi air attack on a shrimp trawler killed its Australian skipper...
...Diego's Dennis Conner, won it back with guile at the beginning and grace at the end, not to mention the fastest sailboat on the Indian Ocean. "I didn't see a foot put wrong in any one of the races by any one of their team," losing Skipper Iain Murray said admiringly. "We made a few mistakes and were a little bit off the pace." Beaten to every buoy, they finished each race more than a minute late. But Perth cheered Yank and Aussie alike, and no one seemed the loser...
Triumphantly, Skipper Dennis Conner finishes his three-year quest and brings home the America's Cup, brimming with Aussie good cheer...