Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anger and mid-life crisis. But the beguiling comedy by Willy Russell (Educating Rita) that opened on Broadway last week has three invaluable things going for it: an unflagging sense of humor; an authenticity of language and logic that keeps the central character's conversation from ever turning into stand-up comedy or sermonette; and, foremost, a hugely likable performance by Pauline Collins (Upstairs, Downstairs...
...hectic scene in southern Texas reflects the confusion of a U.S. immigration policy that is on the verge of being swamped by a virtual tidal wave of new arrivals. "We stand on the precipice of an enormous immigration crisis," says Wyoming Republican Senator Alan Simpson, who, with Democratic Congressman Romano Mazzoli of Kentucky, wrote the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. It is a crisis with which the U.S., despite its cherished history as a nation of immigrants, is not prepared to cope. "We have no population policy," complains a State Department official. "No total concept on which to build...
...addition to the three overseers elected on the H/RAAA slate, Tutu and Overseer Sen. Albert J. Gore '69 (D-Tenn.) have already said they support a stronger divestment stand. Activists have also said that Paul G. Kirk '60, the former Democratic Party chair who is a Harvard candidate up for a seat on the Board this year, might favor total divestment...
...problem with most of the songs--and most of the show--is that the words fail the actors. Although seductress Amanda Pleasme swivels her fuschia panties and star-covered chest, nothing can be done to make her lyrics stand out in "You've Got My Vote." Typical of her lines are snoozers like, "You've got my vote/As long as I'm able/And when it comes to love/My motion's on the table...
Luckily, Baker seldom searches for deeper meaning in his mental meanderings. The appeal of seeing one's own life reflected in these ruminations ("I've thought about that too!") allows them to stand by themselves--without contrived morals or conclusions...