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Your article on nuclear missiles [Jan. 31] brought out both the idealistic and the realistic positions on the issue. However, the Europeans would be wise to be realistic and realize that American defense forces have helped them maintain a free, prosperous life throughout the post-World War II period. If the West cannot remain united on the question of security, Western Europe risks becoming Finlandized...
...expense of meaningful character development. Characters fall neatly into place as Good or Evil; symbols are constantly thrown at the allegory-watcher. Will and Pierce communicate clandestinely through messages left in--get it?--a book called The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization. When Will asks a wise old officer if there really is a place called The Hole, to which the Ten are rumored to take the cadets they don't like, the officer cannily replies "Is Hell a real place...
...zones. Two other U.S. military men were also sent home. The entire incident was almost certainly bound to generate further controversy about the U.S. role in El Salvador, and about whether the more than $160 million in requested military and economic aid to the country this year is a wise investment...
Technically too. Godspell takes simple measures and creates the spectacular. The scenery is sparse, a chain-linked fence is the only backdrop and some cloth scraps, planks and two sawhorses become the roadway for the Good Samaritan and the pigsty for the prodigal son, thrones for sinning kings and wise judges, and the table for the Last Supper. The lighting for the dance numbers includes a strobe light in "Bless the Lord" and red and green spotlights in several other numbers. In the "Finale," easily the most moving number a single beam shines down on Weatherstone, while the other characters...
...sage (played by Edmund Lyndeck, a seasoned performer). The faun who haunts his dreams (Rebecca Wright) is a comet from American Ballet Theater. And his enemy, the wicked Queen, is Chita Rivera, a blast furnace best remembered from West Side Story. In the classic tradition, gorgon and wise man vie for the magician's soul and the privilege of influencing the unseen Arthur, the once and future king...