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...those who went as well as those who didn't, the show's nudity and all it provoked was the best thing, if not the only thing, the show had going for it. Unfortunately, Tynan and his company blew the chance to capitalize on the show's greatest asset. They finish the disrobing number three minutes after the curtain rises, lining the cast up in full nudity under cool white lights Supposedly, this was not faulty planning, buy rather a means to achieve the righteous social and artistic ends the show aims for. There they stand, stark naked...
...necessarily appropriate to define urban design as a separate profession, it certainly requires mastery of a defined body of knowledge and certain professional skills. We are not satisfied that all students are mastering these essential elements of urban design. The different backgrounds of the students could be an asset; we are not sure that they are being successfully integrated into the program at present...
...changes. I'm convinced that we're living within the [presidential] guidelines and within the law, within the spirit of the times and the spirit of change. I wish I'd been able to do more to convey to the people what a tremendous asset [the CIA] is to this country...
...Chief Asset. Though the U.A.W. will not bargain again with the auto industry until 1979, Fraser will soon face some stiff challenges. He must step up recruitment of new members to compensate for losses that the union has suffered because of automation of car plants and the move of many auto factories to Southern areas hostile to unionism. He also must placate the U.A.W.'s skilled workers, who are clamoring for the right to veto contracts even if they are acceptable to assembly line people. Fraser's chief asset in running the union will be his great popularity...
...many left-wing members of Britain's ruling Labor Party, it would have been preferable for the government to auction off some of the crown jewels. Transport Union Chieftain Jack Jones condemned the action as the squandering of a national asset. Grumped one Cabinet member in private: "It's like selling the paintings off the wall." What prompted all this indignation was the government's proposal last month to sell a substantial share of its stake in British Petroleum Co., the nation's largest industrial concern...