Word: stepped
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SUPERMAN, a musical comedy in two acts, is cleverly set against a comic-book backdrop of the city of Metropolis. In the upper left-hand corner of the stage is the "DC Comics" logo. Superman--played by Randy Stone '78--first appears by stepping out of a slit in the painted-on telephone booth. One has the sense early on in the show that Superman--and indeed all of the characters--step off the pages of a comic book onto the stage. Later on in the play, rather than use regular furniture in the Daily Planet newsroom, Borowitz utilizes flat...
Sadat has long since abandoned hope of convincing the Syrians, not to mention the Iraqis, that he is bargaining earnestly in behalf of the other Arab states. But he is still trying to persuade moderate Arab states that an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty would be merely the first step toward a comprehensive settlement. To make it easier for the Israelis, he is prepared to allow this point to be made in the preamble to the treaty rather than in the agreement itself. So far, however, the Israelis seem to want no part...
Fraser will address tonight the question of whether the Detroit coalition-building attempt was a first step toward creating a third party in America...
...commended for their long-awaited search for peace, the negotiated Camp David framework still leaves the future stability of the Middle East uncertain. There is no doubt that in taking the peace initiative and in alienating himself from the rest of the Arab community, Sadat took a courageous step. Similarly, Begin's receptiveness deserves recognition. But the Nobel Peace Prize should not be used merely to encourage future peace efforts. Nor should it commend individuals whose search for peace is ancillary to the more pressing short-term goals...
Shirley J. Wilcher, vice president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association and a third-year law student, said that Wilson's ideas are a "realistic step in terms of the civil rights struggle...