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...time, a succession of crises convinced him that a new course was necessary. At American University he declared, "What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave ... not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women-not merely peace in our time, but peace for all time ... Let us re-examine our attitude toward the cold war, remembering that we are not engaged in a debate . .. We must deal with the world...
...spot on the Harvard faculty in 1981, a woman Ph.D. became the target of amorous advances by her committee chairman. She claims that he invited her to his home when his wife and children were away and, at a party for Latin American dignitaries, introduced her as "my slave." The woman consulted the dean's office but was repeatedly discouraged from making a formal complaint...
...show's plot centers on the exploits of Pseudolus (U.S. Taylor), a slave trying to bargain his freedom from his master. Pseudolus sets up some romances and destroys others; he manipulates every member of his household and responds to the caprices of every player in the cast. He's also the "ringmaster" of the script's ill-conceived attempt to cast the show as a play-within-a-play...
FORTUNATELY, THE SHOW never strays too far from its comic trump cards--buffoonery and lewdness. The crowd is treated to a male slave (Bob Brown) being forced by Pseudolus to don women's clothing, only to be pursued by nearly every man in the cast. The young girl Philia plays her airhead-blonde character to the hilt, unwittingly offering herself to the wrong men and ruining the schemes designed to unite her with Hero. And Pseudolus moves rapidly from character to character, passing himself off as head of the house, a soothsayer, a brothel-keeper, and, of course, Cupid...
...helped in the future by the eagerness of computer-store owners to have something to sell besides IBM products. Says Seymour Merrin, a Westport, Conn., dealer: "We cannot allow our futures to be totally controlled by an outside force like IBM. If you do, you become a slave, not a business." But if IBM continues to move forward at its present pace, dealers may have little choice. IBM controls 70% of the mainframe computer market, and the company is unlikely to settle for anything less in the personalcomputer market...