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...Angry news headlines pasted over the bed (such as "Trust No One" and "Expect To Be Disappointed") and ashtrays full of cigarette butts make the place look lived-in, while a perfectly dreadful late "50s color scheme renders the ugly interpersonal relations in the play all the uglier. And little touches like vinyl-covered kitchen chairs and a screen behind which Jimmy can be seen playing the trumpet in a blue light give the set professional polish. Ed Rosenberg does an admirable job with light and sound in these trumpet-playing scenes, but he would be well-advised...
...Paris-based designer, and you are right to expose the chaos of fashion today. What is happening in our business has nothing to do with making people look attractive, elegant or even interesting. On the contrary, the uglier you make the clothes, the louder the noise. Today's "grab bag" fashion prophets, who are more concerned with media glitz than with the craft of dressing their public, are responsible for the nihilistic corner to which they have been relegated by their disenchanted clientele...
...economic and political undertow in Africa these days is very fierce: young nations are gasping and going under. In some sense the leadership of a politically and economically successful South Africa may be the continent's last chance. The elections did not encourage the uglier projections. In fact, the week in South Africa was unusually peaceful. The moment seemed to represent a triumph of patience and forbearance and political wisdom...
...opening skirmish in this battle could have been uglier. The Allied Pilots Association last week voted at first to see if they should join the strike. They decided later not to count the votes because the flight attendants were so successful at interrupting American's flight operations. American chairman Robert Crandall, however, made no friends among his pilots after telling industry analysts, "If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port." The turbulence is almost certain to get worse. United Airlines machinists are angry that an employee bid to buy the airline two weeks ago crashed...
...story that holds so much pain for so many people needs a villain. Each set of parents has found grounds to blame the other, and as the stakes rose and the story went public, the charges got uglier. DeBoer supporters claim it was Cara's lie about the father in the first place that started the trouble. But the Schmidts' advocates retort that at the time she gave up her baby, Cara was in a fragile state, without the help of psychological counseling or legal advice. And the courts could not punish Dan for Cara's deception; he never consented...