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...mercy for the children,” he lamented. “They had no mercy for the women. They could see that small children were being hit by bullets, but they kept firing.” Pope John Paul II characterized the brutality as a “tragic act of intolerance” that was utterly “evil” in its nature...
...Zola's tragic story has been updated to post-World War II New Orleans, but the plot's basic outline has been changed little. And that's part of the hurdle the musical faces. This is a show in which the two leads (Craig Bierko and Kate Levering) wind up destroying each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick...
...couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show. The irony is somewhat jarring, since nothing in the oh-so-serious first act prepares us for it. Still, it achieves the purpose of giving us an attitude toward the tragic denouement, apart from sheer depression, which is not a good thing to be humming on your way out of a Broadway musical...
...CHANG HSUEH-LIANG only once in Taipei, at the home of Chiang Kai-Shek's chief of staff. At that hour-long meeting, Chang remained silent?and he kept silent until the day he died. The "Young Marshal" remains a tragic and elusive figure in modern Chinese history. Even after he was released from house arrest in Taiwan, Chang declined to write his memoirs. He also disappointed his former comrades when he refused to visit northeast China, where they had established a museum in his honor and maintained his former home. Instead, he spent his time studying the Bible. Chang...
...assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi two weeks ago marked a tragic turn in the already bloody conflicts in Israel, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. However, the recent Israeli invasion of Palestinian towns, including Bethlehem—which had not been invaded within the last year—will only exacerbate the situation. The PFLP, Hamas or another terrorist organization will likely retaliate for the invasions and the 38 Palestinians who died during them. As the staff says, Palestinian opinion is so anti-Israel (a higher percentage of people in Gaza support attacks...