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Many New Yorkers saw the shooting victims as symbols of the subway crime that has terrorized innumerable city residents and the gunman as a real-life counterpart of the vigilante hero portrayed by Charles Bronson in the 1974 movie Death Wish. But it was the vigilante who had committed one...
However valid her complaint might be, the timing of Kirkpatrick's latest protest raised questions about her motive. She has revealed her desire to leave her U.N. post and to find a position closer to the power centers in Washington. But last month, President Reagan appeared to end her...
From this point on, the stories grow increasingly less imitative and adaptive; a maturing style begins searching for a worthy subject. Increasingly, Garcia Márquez turns to the bizarre frustrations imposed on people, both wealthy and impoverished, who live in isolation from the world at large. There Are No...
"Leonardo was the greatest artist in the world." So begins Leonardo da Vinci, by A. & M. Provensen (Viking; $14.95). "He was also an astronomer, an architect, and an engineer who made hundreds of inventions." Granted, but how can a child be shown the breadth and scope of a genius five...
The King Stag, written in 1762 by Carlo Gozzi in revolt against the realistic naturalism of contemporary theater, is a feast of the imagination with the technique and logic of the commedia dell'arte, Italy's native improvisational comedy. The third Gozzi production directed this year by Andrei Serban. The...