Their lavish and well designed production is marred by the text which is both superficial and sensationalist, though it may appeal to armchair mountaineers.

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Moreover, Vice President George Bush in April 1984 personally tabled a U.S. text for a draft treaty prohibiting CW production and stockpiling that the U.S. government hastily put together following the Shultz announcement.

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Earlier this summer a Chinese-American, Chen Shizheng, pulled together the original text, and put on a full-scale production in Shanghai, over several nights, with local performers.

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