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...Wednesday night, the featured speaker is Edward Kennedy, who may place Mondale's name in nomination. The Massachusetts Senator is an inconsistent orator, but he can soar when the spirit moves him. Indeed, one of Mondale's minor problems is that his own acceptance speech Thursday night might sound a bit tame after the performances of Cuomo, Jackson and Kennedy. Mondale may ask a woman to introduce him, especially if he has chosen a male running mate and needs a show of solidarity from the women who will constitute slightly fewer than half of all the convention delegates...
...been in fine fettle, rousing partisan audiences in New Jersey, West Virginia and New Mexico. He seemed somehow to be thriving on the hectic pace and its near sleepless nights. Finally confident that the elusive goal was at hand, the Minnesotan's staff broke out bottles and let spirits soar. The former Vice President gleefully awarded T shirts imprinted with I SURVIVED AIR MONDALE to those who had made the trip, and read a "wimp list" of correspondents who had begged off doing so. His aides led weary reporters in a stir-crazy version of the Wabash Cannon Ball...
After seeing its cosmetics sales soar last year by 31.5%, the Wangfujing Department Store, Peking's largest, carries more than 300 kinds of makeup; during a recent sale, Peking's No. 7 Clothing Factory sold off all its Western suits in three hours. Few people batted a mascaraed or folded eyelid last month when the China Silk Fashion Color Association announced its forecast in seasoned Parisian tones: "Sprightly beach colors and bronzes of primitive simplicity will be popular in China this spring and summer, with cheerful pastels taking over in the autumn and winter...
EVEN WITH striking special effects, talent, and imagination, the show can only soar so high. Essentially, this is due to the dramatic limitations of such a ceremonial enactment. Chronic repetition of scriptural dialogue--taken from the actual Tibetan Book of the Dead--and thematic representations that the cast enacts are often difficult to adapt to stage. Although many of the scenes involve creative choreography and skilled physical action, the performance never seems to progress from the point at which it started. Consequently, we often feel as we are watching a scene for a second time...
...sturdy values of familial love, courage and patriotism that Saroyan so sentimentally celebrated. Just as MacDermot's 1967 Hair resonated in the era of tribal-love rock, so does The Human Comedy take wing on today's prevailing conservative winds. With some reworking, it could even soar...