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Theatrically, it would not matter if Saroyan wrote first with an eraser−to wipe out reality−if afterwards, with a pen, he created magic. But this play has little magic: only a stab of pathos, now and then, in a wilderness of plight; or a flash of color, humor, poetry amid constant murmuration...
...Algiers is a squalid slum overpopulated by 80,000 natives, where pimps and petty thieves dart about labyrinthian alleyways, secret passages and connecting rooftops. It is also a prime hideout for terrorists of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). From its recesses they fan out to plant bombs, stab and shoot, wreaking vengeance on Frenchman and moderate Arab alike. So far this year their bombs have killed 47 civilians, wounded 263 others; as a result, anyone now entering a bus. store or cinema in Algiers is automatically searched for arms or bombs...
...across to West Berlin to freedom, and Communist East Germany's general reaction is good riddance. But Kantorowicz's broadcast seemed to bother the Communists very much. Seven tame literary idols, among them Anna (The Seventh Cross) Seghers, were trotted out to condemn their comrade's "stab in the back." Nonsense, retorted Kantor easily, "most of those writers feel the same...
...course of the big blows. It was old stuff to the men in the city room; no one paid much attention. When the early printed Sunday magazine came off the press, Chief Photographer Ed Pierce looked at the map and, musing about his vacation, closed his eyes and stabbed with a pencil. There was his spot: West Virginia. Then Photographer Pierce discovered that he had, indeed, made a stab in the dark. On the News map, West Virginia was where Kentucky should...
...investment, they pioneered the movie industry's first reliable cameras and projectors, boasted that they "took the flick out of the flickers." Partner Bell sold out in 1921. Howell remained to advise a brisk new management, headed by the late J. H. McNabb, which made a stab at the amateur market with the first handheld, spring-driven 16-mm. movie camera for well-heeled hobbyists...