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...turned phrase. A few lines don't work, and the play could use some trimming before it settles down in New York. One rude piece of psychological claptrap ought to be immediately excised: one of those Death of a Salesman-type closet skeletons, involving the time when little Jud woke up and saw Daddy making love to a woman who wasn't Mommy. Like the self-indulgent closing scene, Slade doesn't need this gimmick--he has done his work too thoroughly and too well in the earlier scenes...
...surprisingly personal contact that she manages to make with strangers who see her pictures. But there is also a professional friendliness, of the kind that good politicians develop. She gets first names right, listens thoughtfully to tedious questions. On this morning of the solid-mahogany talk show, she woke too late for breakfast, grabbed a few pieces of candy on the way out of her Sherry-Netherland suite, reached the TV studio on time, politely declined an offer to redo her hair and makeup, and was greeted by the off-putting Siegel with...
European leaders quickly applauded the move. An official in Bonn's finance ministry asserted: "At last Washington woke up. It's better late than never." Bundesbank President Otmar Emminger said that "the action should have a major stabilizing effect and put an end to speculative excesses...
...Harvard basketball team woke up in a strange position this morning. The hoopsters are perched on top of the Ivy's standings after their 59-44 win over Dartmouth in the league lid-lifter last night...
Alan M. Zunamon '79, a Mather resident, said not everyone in the low-rise section left the building during the alarm, adding, "I would figure that no more than half took it seriously if they woke...