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...stereotypes and their situation all too familiar banality. Bernstein's inability to musically activate this trite scenario becomes obvious at the climax, when the characters lapse into speech. If husband and wife had sung these commonplaces of insult and apology, it would have been laughable; their situation doesn't warrant the dignity of music. Even "Island Magic," the cheap illusions of a Technicolor movie, which Bernstein invokes to resolve the couple's muddle (it doesn't deserve to be called dramatic conflict) can't pull off the trick...
...matter, Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus announced that an eleven-day probe of allegations that companies were hoarding gas on fields leased from the Government had raised enough questions to warrant a full-scale investigation of the industry's production practices. The study found that output in four of the five fields examined was 36% below the maximum production rate, and that many readily drillable gas reservoirs remained untapped. If the investigation uncovers evidence of illegality-for example, deliberate falsification of records of reserves-the case could be turned over to the Justice Department for possible action...
...date only one arrest has been made: a restaurant owner who refused to limit his hours or turn down his thermostat. Cops cannot barge into any homes without a warrant, but Byrne's plan seems to be working. Says Sergeant Charles Clayton of the Bridgeton police: "These people lead real easy...
...Nation's trappings were repossessed by some of the Nation's true rulers. On the other hand, I am more than a little Queasy about the prospect of a similar scene - only magnified 10, 20 or an unimaginable number of times. There will not, Sir, I warrant, be enough Trappings to go around...
Except in unusual circumstances, an employee should not be disciplined or discharged without an opportunity to present his or her side of the story...An employee should not be disciplined or discharged in haste or anger. If a serious incident occurs which may warrant discharge, the employee should be suspended pending investigation...