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...inbred antagonisms and the misguided efforts of other nations to serve the causes of self-interest and peace at the same time Salvador is short and quickly read Yet Didion's eloquence and the tragic, almost absurd nature of her subject gives this book a weight and power that transcend the limitations imposed by the number of pages. Didion provides not only a brutal look at EI Salvador, but also an agonizing peek at the bell the human condition sometimes becomes...
This approach would be a serious test of Soviet intentions. It would conclusively end the danger of a first strike. It would establish clear equivalence. It would transcend the SALT and START debate and put strategy and arms control in a coherent context. If refused, it would be a clear signal of a Soviet bid for superiority; we would draw the appropriate conclusions. If we proceeded unilaterally, nevertheless, it would be a major contribution to strategic stability and U.S. security...
Playwright Athol Fugard's semi-autobiographical Master Harold and the Boys takes place in segregated South Africa in 1950. What makes this a great work, however, is its ability to transcend the racial line and take us into a higher realm of human emotions. That is not to say apartheid is not a subject, but it is only one facet in this play of interlocking themes...
...Aussies would call it, of the old-fashioned movie musical. Starstruck is more than cotton candy. The difference lies in Armstrong's deadly satiric aim and her choice of targets. In attempting to make fun of the awkward staginess of giant musical production numbers, she produces routines which transcend that awkwardness, so that one can really imagine Julius and company breaking into song sporadically. Jo Kennedy and Ross O'Donovan play their characters not as stereotypical angry young punks, but as lonely eccentrics, breathing life into Jackie and Angus...
Hart made his announcement on the steps of his own state capitol in Denver. Just as Mondale must transcend his reputation as a Big Government liberal, Hart has been working during his eight years in the Senate to shed some of the ideological baggage associated with the ill-fated McGovern campaign. He is included in the somewhat nebulous group known as "neo-liberals," who stress the need for a pragmatic approach by business, labor and Government to adapt the economy to an era of high technology. The theme of the election, he said on a campaign swing through Mississippi after...