Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have to voice my annoyance at the director's unwillingness to trust Shaw's text. For some reason he felt it advisable to alter a number of phrases and to make some substantial cuts in the latter portion of the script. Gone are the remarks about Undershaft's Jewish partner Lasarus; gone are some delectable barbs aimed at Parliament; gone is Adolphus's philosophizing about power. Surely, Mr. Sheria, in a performance that runs two hours and twenty minutes, we could hold our seats for ten minutes more. But thanks for doing so well with what you consented to give...
Along the campaign trail George McGovern has issued a specific set of blueprints for how he would alter the nation's economic and defense policies. But he has also said very little about some matters, notably foreign policy. Nearing nomination, McGovern has become somewhat less precise on his specifics and somewhat more forthcoming on the gaps in his world view. In this five-page Political Report, TIME analyzes what McGovern would mean as President...
McGovern understood the significance of the attack. He repeatedly and specifically explained himself. In doing so, he did not alter the substance of his previous stands, although he may have shifted his emphasis to placate more conservative Democrats. Previously McGovern had said that "abortion is a private matter which should be decided by a pregnant woman and her own doctor. Once the decision is made, I do not feel that the law should stand in the way of its implementation." But on a Nebraska television program he said that there should be some restrictions: "You can't let just...
...Berryman had by this point mastered the technical problems in projecting his tense, lonely, anguished voice. As a young man he wrote impeccable poems that sounded just like Yeats. In his 40s he established his own sound in the loose series of hundreds of "dream songs" in which an alter ego named Henry spoke the author's mind in slangy, staccato rhythms. Henry appears in some of this collection, but Berryman had moved away from songs to these final, racked prayers...
...Hemingway's career. If he had wanted to change his mind about them, he had 30 years or more to do so. The legitimate Nick Adams stories were written and cut ruthlessly according to the leaving-out principle. The technique worked. Nick may be Hemingway's alter ego, but readers know very little about him. It is not always clear, in fact, what the author feels about him. Important stretches are missing from his life. But those empty spaces are haunted; they resonate...