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This question of balance springs from a tension in Shapiro's work, a tension between ideals of consistently hilarious comedy and of valid political and social commentary. Perhaps the two most insightful portions were the ones which tended least to be bombardments of gag lines, in particular, a mock anti-drug program and another "message from the President" on riots in Detroit. Richard Beltzer, who plays the President as well as other roles, delivers his philippics with a devastating sense of timing...
...settlement once again makes a mockery of the official guideline of 5.5%, although not quite so badly as in some previous cases. The conductors, firemen and brakemen agreed to changes in a long list of make-work rules that will substantially increase productivity, thus fulfilling one of the few valid criteria for seeking pay raises above the guidelines...
...ethical example to the other nations: or should Israel allow itself, as a state involved in the "temporal" complexities of international politics, the luxury of compromising morality in matters of expedience, as any other state might do without hesitation? The notion of a Chosen People is no longer particularly valid for the majority of modern Israelis who, for the most part, have a tendency toward gentle skepticism in religious matters. Yet insofar as the ancient Jews did develop a higher conception of morality in their monotheistic beliefs, it seems for the Israelis to constitute a type of historic betrayal...
...April the new rules will also apply to travel between Poland and Czechoslovakia. Other Eastern European countries are rapidly falling into line. Hungary announced two weeks ago that its citizens will be issued a special passport, good for travel within the bloc and valid for five years. East Germany and Rumania plan to waive visas for each other's citizens in time for a summer rush to Rumania's Black Sea resorts, and Poland and Bulgaria are negotiating a similar agreement...
Many students feel college is a time for satisfying prerequisites, for building a solid quantitative base on which their later advanced work will stand or fall. This is certainly a valid concern, but what becomes disturbing is our habit of mastering one set of techniques, then hungrily setting about to learn as many others as we possibly can. General education requirements are often viewed as an impediment to one's progress toward specialization in a small, though highly exciting, area of research. Other students say there should be more of a balance between our scientific consciousness and our consciousness...