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Eventually the political reality became too intrusive to ignore. Refugees from the strife-torn countryside swarmed into the cities; Lien's bookkeeping included a growing number of customers who "borrowed" food from the store. On one occasion a government soldier threatened to pull a grenade pin after Lien's mother refused to give him free beverages. Lon Nol's corrupt, American-supported regime, coupled with U.S. bombings of enemy sanctuaries inside Cambodia, not only bolstered the communist opposition, but also made Lien and her fellow countrymen long for victory by the so-called "gentle, smiling Khmers...
Eighty-four members of the First Church of Cambridge waved through the construction-torn Square yesterday on a mini-pilgrimage celebrating the founding of their congregation 350 years...
Good performances, especially by Rip Torn and Dana Hill, play against the sweetness and come close to expressing the wrenching loyalties of familial love. Peter Coyote, as Rawlings' future husband, exudes steely authority from behind his gentle smile and bow tie-a humanized George Will. But Mary Steenburgen, an actress of eaglet resourcefulness, looks both too frail and too stubborn to bring Rawlings to life. One wishes Cross Creek well; one wishes even more that it were better. -By Richard Corliss
Adams House superintendent Edward Dahlstedt said that aside from the theft of Shibutani's instruments, "It's been remarkable--there haven't been any [thefts]" from the renovation-torn House...
Lastly, McGinn said that the group will request that the American government put pressure on the strife-torn country's government to improve living conditions for the more than 300,000 refugees who have been brutally displaced from their homes...