Susan D. Chira
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Kurt and Bert, Redux
H APPY END is schizophrenic--an anomalous lark. The biting, sardonic music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht don't fit the
Utopia?
M ICHAEL HARRINGTON doesn't buy the New Pessimism of the seventies. He doesn't believe the credo of the inevitability of
Discovering Japan
J APANESE politicking is usually a gentleman affair; the stately courtesy of exchange bows and fixed smiles maintains the fiction
Marching Away from Pretoria
B URGER'S DAUGHTER is a call to arms. Forget the news stories, the polemics, the neatly rhymed slogans about apartheid.
Crippling Sensitivity
J OAN DIDION approaches writing like an impressionist painter. She places small dots quietly, precisely, to form distinct images. But
A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am
With that sentence, Dean Rosovsky reflects the frustration of ten years of wrangling, rhetoric, and demonstrations over the substance and
Executive Committee To Run Afro-Am
In a move to bolster the controversial Afro-American Studies Department, Dean Rosovsky has created an executive committee of five prominent
Clever But Cold
T HE LOEB'S production of Lulu is the perfect portrayal of a nightmare. The stage is draped in red. Characters
Crippling Sensitivity
J OAN DIDION approaches writing like an Impressionist painter. She places small dots quietly, to form distinct images. But step
Schmidt, Friedman, Cousteau, 8 Others Receive Honoraries at Commencement
President Bok today conferred honorary degrees on ten men and one woman, including German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Sir Isaiah