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...DAUGHTERS OF ORANGE (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). An examination of the Dutch ruling family and the troubles that beset modern monarchy in general...
...have a 'very corrupt' government," he answered another questioner. "We are beset by very great problems. Massachusetts isn't treated fairly in the press. We do well, but we could do better...
After four years of a broadening national economy and bursting auto sales, times have never seemed chromier for Detroit's automakers-except for American Motors Corp., which has been beset by declining sales, growing financial troubles and, most recently, an alarmingly oversized inventory. American now has 93 days' car production unsold, against a current industry average of 45 days. At the corporation's annual meeting next week, stockholders will hear about slightly lower sales ($991 million in 1965 v. $1 billion in 1964), greatly reduced earnings ($5,000,000 v. $26 million), and a shrinking share...
...used to be "the abominable crime not to be mentioned." Today it is not only mentioned; it is freely discussed and widely analyzed. Yet the general attitude toward homosexuality is, if anything, more uncertain than before. Beset by inner conflicts, the homosexual is unsure of his position in society, ambivalent about his attitudes and identity-but he gains a certain amount of security through the fact that society is equally ambivalent about him. A vast majority of people retain a deep loathing toward him, but there is a growing mixture of tolerance, empathy or apathy. Society is torn between condemnation...
...whole, writers for the stage performed more poorly than writers for the page. Despite some hopeful regional attempts at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Arena Stage in Washington, American theater is irrevocably centered in Manhattan. And Broadway continued to be beset by urban blight. Part of what was wrong was the audience itself-too old, too prosperous, too complacent to be bothered about the basics of the human dilemma. These playgoers and, to a degree, the daily New York critics who reflect their likes and dislikes, demand beddy-bye stories for grownups-the Theater of Reassurance. This...