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...Harold Willens, 58, calls himself "a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist." A wealthy Los Angeles realtor, he started out in utter poverty. "McGovern," says Willens, "is a man whose concerns are deeply human and deeply moral. As things are, we are putting our money where our myths are???like the myth of the domino theory?and we napalm little children and contravene the ideals for which this country was founded. We have lost our soul in Indochina, and this has created a fantastic crisis of confidence. People have lost faith in their Government, and the economy depends on confidence...
...credibility was a more limited but very special talent, the ability to diagnose illnesses of persons many miles away. Many Americans ?most, the optimistic would say ?still find the craze for prophecy foolish and even bankrupt. Others may enjoy the predictions for what many of them are???a parlor entertainment. But millions, obviously, need reassurance about the future...
Evans discerned "an impulsive, reckless dissatisfaction with what we are???and a desperate outcry for what we could be once again." He noted that "our persistent centralization of government has accomplished little?except the progressive immobilization of state governments and the destruction of local solutions." One example is the welfare system, which, he said, has succeeded only in destroying pride and incentive. Observed Evans: "The first priority of the U.S. is the resolution of our internal conflict?the recognition that if we cannot unite our own nation, then we cannot preserve the hope of others." But that, he added carefully...
...After declaring that he would never write another play for Manhattan's "over-commercialized" theatre, Mr. Rice raged: "There is not a dramatic critic in New York City who knows anything about the problems of acting and directing. You can call them all ticket grabbers. That's what they are??? ticket grabbers . . . jaded . . . bored . . . illiterate . . . stupid . . . animal-like . . . scum of the earth...
Gently Enterprise's clean white nose splashed at the water. Skipper Vanderbilt looked her over: below, where some of the rigging comes down through the hollow metal mast; on deck, where many new mechanical gadgets are???the "sliding-foot" boom, the instrument for indicating windstrain on the mast?that caused his boat to be called "mechanical" by conservative sea-dogs. Aboard the shiny green Shamrock V Edward ("Ted") Heard, Sir Thomas's professional Captain, looked his boat over. She had not many gadgets, but her aged owner, on his Erin, had a good-luck message from President Cosgrave...