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...reign of "peace by terror," however, Bowles views as the fault of both parties. Democrats failed to adapt their foreign policy to the fact that European balances of power no longer guaranteed stability in the remainder of the world. And the Republicans, their presidential hopes shattered by the 1948 elections, grew tired of cooperating with Democrats in conducting a bipartisan foreign policy...
...rewriting job is no easier because Comes a Day is related to Lamkin's short story of the same title. In fact he rejects the distinction between original play and adaptation. "No play is an original play... All of Tennessee's plays came from either his one-acts or his stories. They're developments. You think about it. Certainly you can't say my play is an adaptation of my short story. It's quite different .... I'd never adapt anybody else's play. I've too much ego for that...
...automobile is one of the happiest fusions between mechanics and art ... A car's elegance must be a symbol of nobility of soul. The coachwork must be subject to the severe laws of aerodynamics. Coach-builders have made use of this subjection to conceive models whose lines adapt themselves to the movement of the eye which follows the vehicle hurtling at top speed along the road...
...School of Medicine and its associated Jackson Memorial Hospital. Says Dr. Crampton sagely: "If a man has sense enough to realize that in many different ways he is not what he was ten years ago, and acts accordingly, he is 'way ahead of the game. Know your limitations-adapt yourself to them-and enjoy your privileges to the utmost." For such an old man, Dr. Crampton has coined the word "eugeron"-which well describes...
...heartening to know that the movie world can still adapt a play without abandoning its more serious and "difficult" aspects. Me and the Colonel is a very fine example...