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...White House, once worried that the recovery would run out of steam by mid-1984, is now confident that it will last at least long enough to get Ronald Reagan reelected. "The economy is coming up roses right now," chortled a Reagan aide. "Eighty-four is safe, and most think that '85 will be safe. As the good times move forward, there is less and less fear of the bubble breaking, at least before November." In fact, the President's political strategists are eager to make an issue of the economy...
...addition, many clubs purchase steam and telephone lines from Harvard, in both cases at significant savings over market rates. The University generally sells these services only to direct affiliates...
...problem is more complicated than that. Students in a state of drunken excitement probably would not be daunted by the increased force. In fact, the deployment of security personnel might add a violent dynamic to what in itself is a quite harmless way for frenzied students to let off steam...
DEEP IN THE BOWELS of Lowell House, in a cramped room riddled with steam pipes and sighing ventilator shafts. David Win-grove has revived Michel Tremblay's Bonjour, La. Bonjour. Tremblay's play about incest and despair in a Montreal family enjoyed critical success in Canada, made a small splash in New York--and should probably have been allowed to lade into memory thereafter. Though a spirited Lowell House Drama Society production captures enough of Tremblay's lacerating wit to keep the pot boiling for two hours, the script clamps a cover on the actors, and the play never takes...
...ENTIRE CAST deftly use Southern accents, accentuating the vapidity of the Mississippi setting and its mores. By the end of the play, the room has become stifling not only from the lack of circulation but also from steam infiltrating the characters conversations and actions. We don't mind being uncomfortable, because it enables us to share the characters' repression and desire to escape from the room...