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THEIR STYLE has been described as "new mime," "new vaudeville," and "a capella mime." But the Beau Jest troupe call what they do "Moving Theatre." And the troop takes the name seriously, constantly moving--around the stage and around New England. For just a little while longer, though, the troupe is staying put, in the intimate confines of the New Ehrlich theatre...
...Laikipia. They are feeding on the buds of an acacia tree not far from the granite kopje where they sleep. Strum knows all the baboons. "That is C.J. and Ron," she begins. "The female is Zilla. C.J. and Ron have a conflict of emotions." Ron is new to the troop, and so is Ndofu...
...baboons straggle in from their day's browsings among the acacia flowers. They sit and socialize on the lower rocks of their high kopje, grooming one another with a sweet absorption, playing with their babies. Like almost everyone and everything in Africa, they seem profoundly tribal. Another troop of baboons arrives, 100 yards away, and each tribe stares at the other with a nervous intensity across the lovely evening light...
...pushing the case for the contras, the Administration stresses the rebels' claim that they now have about 10,000 soldiers inside Nicaragua and are fighting to inspire a popular insurrection against the Sandinista regime. However, those troop estimates cannot be independently verified, and there is little evidence that the contras are sparking a civilian uprising. On the contrary, the liberal human-rights group Americas Watch issued a report last week citing myriad abuses committed by the rebels. Although the 170-page document takes the Sandinistas to task for their harsh treatment of prisoners, it is most critical of the contras...
...Antonov An-26 troop transport had just lumbered down the runway and taken off from Khost, near the Pakistan border, when it was blasted from the sky by mujahedin rebels. The incident, in which 37 Afghan soldiers and six crew members were killed, marked a coming of age of sorts for the mujahedin. Military analysts say the plane was the biggest prize yet claimed by the rebels' new arsenal of U.S.-made Stinger missiles...