It appeals to the conventionally minded while permitting them to think of themselves as just a little unconventional.

Conventionally minded analysts, notably Budget Director David Stockman, assumed that Washington would be forced to slash spending to bring the budget into balance.

Conventionally minded theatergoers can take comfort in Mr. Yeston's sumptuous score and scintillating abbreviated star turns from Jane Krakowski (Tony winner for best featured actress in a musical) and Chita Rivera.

Instead of simply not keeping her appointment with him next Saturday she would tell him on Tuesday night that, having thought the matter over, she had now decided that she was still too conventionally minded to prove a suitable candidate for initiation into his Brotherhood.