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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear strength of the production is its excellent ensemble acting, and a few scenes are especially energized by individual performances. At the play's start, Pier Carlo Talenti creates a despicable, but hardly cartoonish, disciplinarian dad. And in the more leisurely paced second act, Eric Oleson is stirring as a father far out of touch with his daughter's "very complicated" generation...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Food for Thought | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...renewed interest has improved the quality of American rugby. The size and strength of the athletes has improved, and better athletes are being attracted to the sport. With the increase in interest and athletes comes a new seriousness about the sport...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Set For Rivalry; McGill Comes to Town | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...military must be used wisely if it is to be used effectively. Armed force should be exercised only for a few specific purposes. Such purposes include removing an enemy's capacity to wage war and making a show of strength designed to persuade an adversary to stop its belligerent ways. Neither rationale lay behind the order to four Navy destroyers to shell an Iranian oil platform...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Use It Or Lose It | 10/29/1987 | See Source »

THERE ARE few humanoids in this universe who would challenge Arnold Schwarzenneger to a one-on-one wrestling match. He may in fact be the worst fighter this side of Alfalfa, but his apparent strength and reputation would scare away even the toters of automatic weapons among...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Iran, You're Terminated | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

Actor Ronald Reagan has long known about the value of Schwarzenneger's symbolic strength. As a master of political symbolism, he has seen that rhetoric, if used often enough and backed up with occassional action, can get the job done...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Iran, You're Terminated | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

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