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...Wrong again. Ollie North kept arranging arms sales. There were at least four: in February, May, July and October. Three hostages eventually were released: the Rev. Benjamin Weir in September 1985, Father Lawrence Jenco last July and David Jacobsen in November. But three more Americans were kidnaped in Lebanon beginning in September. Even so, Reagan clung to his Iranian initiative to the bitter end. In his Nov. 19 press conference, after the storm had broken, the President voiced a wan hope that diplomatic contacts with Iran could continue, and Shultz had to practically bludgeon the President into announcing that there...
Israel ships two planeloads of U.S. weapons to Iran. Bank documents show that Ghorbanifar writes two checks totaling $5 million to Khashoggi. Hostage Benjamin Weir is released on Sept. 14. The Administration, hoping other hostages will be freed, delays announcing the release for four days...
...choice for a junior common room production. Not only does it require 18th century style set-design and costumes, careful musical synchronization, and nearly 30 scene changes--there is also a film version fresh in everyone's minds; unfair comparisons would be very easy to make. But director Nicholas Weir silences the doubters with a powerful show, one that highlights all of playwright Shaffer's wickedly good language...
...WEIR IS IMMEASURABLY aided in his ambitious task by a strong company. Everyone, from Salieri's Venticelli to the Viennese philistines, keeps the action lively. Two of the players, however, stand out from the rest...
...Director Weir has done a fine job of dealing with the multiple demands of the play. With great wisdom, he has been extremely faithful to both the words and the ingenious stage directions of Shaffer's script. Furthermore, the costumes and set-design are convincing and even the taped musical excerpts are only slightly disorienting. All in all, a night with Amadeus is a night full of delights, ironic and otherwise...