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GENERATION. Playwright William Goodhart measures the distance between generations in a comedy imbued with fond regard for the humor implicit in human nature. In one of his ablest performances, Henry Fonda gives not only body to a role but substance...
GENERATION. Playwright William Goodhart measures the distance between gen erations in a comedy imbued with fond regard for the humor implicit in human nature. In one of his ablest performances, Henry Fonda not only gives body to a role but substance...
...role," wrote Rand, "a foreign correspondent is a commentator or analyst, not a crusader." What he needs is judgment, and historical perspective−attributes that are all too often lacking, fn China, Rand recalls, even the ablest of the reporters seemed to spend just about all his time exposing corruption in he Nationalist government. While "you needed to know that various officials were grafting, and you needed to say so at the right times, you didn't have o make a sensation of it as it was only a detail in the chaos of the times...
...television or jousting in Commons, the diffident, aristocratic Opposition leader is ingloriously upstaged by Wilson's wiles. Though he invariably trails the Prime Minister in national popularity polls, Home has refused to step down in favor of a more appealing candidate. For that matter, neither of his two ablest lieutenants and most likely successors-Reginald Maudling, now the Opposition's foreign policy expert, and Edward Heath, its "shadow" economics minister-has yet shown any relish for challenging the leader. The Tories, still recovering from the shock of finding themselves on the outs after 13 years in office, have...
...inform participants and stimulate discussion. There are dozens of leaflets, one-sided but often well-executed. One of the best descriptions of the purpose of the march is in an SDS information sheet for its organizers. Unfortunately, it has not been widely distributed, for it is one of the ablest statements of the politics of voting with one's feet...