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Others cited 7 a.m. wake-up calls from gigantic cranes, 9 a.m. cold showers, impromptu appearances by workmen, and constant concern for their own and their property's safety...
GLOBAL INSECURITY is supposed to be a wake-up alarm for the American people. However, with that alarm, the audience wants the news. In other words, Yergin and his co-authors have detailed the potential danger. Now, we want to know what we can do about it. They lay out a program, but it is not as comprehensive or cogent as their documentation of the problem. Yergin points to three main objectives: diversification of oil supplies, substitution by other energy sources, and energy conservation. The third goal is the basis for the book--what consumers and businesses with some government...
Foreign correspondents covering the Israeli invasion of Lebanon last week had their problems. Those reporting from the Israeli side were told little and saw less. In Lebanon, journalists had a surprising amount of freedom, but at a high cost. "The machine-gun and antiaircraft fire is your 5 a.m. wake-up call," said Tim McNulty, a Middle East correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. "It's been a week of sustained fear, and it doesn't look like it will get any better." Said Thomas Baldwin of the Associated Press: "In Beirut it's a risk just...
Despite a "tiresome and confusing" last week and an "active" election day--5 a.m. wake-up and non-stop scurrying between the ten polling places and prominent street corners, where he stood with a placard--Pallotta admitted that "all the work paid...
...harried desk clerk (Peter Howard) is making wake-up calls and morosely entertaining the predictable series of complaints about noise, lack of hot water and general decay. (It sounds more and more like a Harvard House.) Enter a pint-sized pixie of bountiful energy and non-stop chatter. She is never given a name, though she becomes the play's main character: her anonymity seems intended to make her a sort of Everywoman. The character blends saint and sinner both with startling speed, making for a difficult role. Jennifer Raiser does not pull it off. In her earnest enthusiasm...