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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only director really dealing with human intelligence, Lang consructed for Mabuse deep sets whose fantastic decor reveals the imaginations of the characters. The Countess's extremely broad and deep rooms are filled with African masks and huge primitive statues which she wonderfully explains in the words, "My brother is a cubist." We immediately sense a world, not exactly that of the early twenties on the Continent, but informed with the essence of that time. The mood current among the rich, joining malaise to brilliant cultivation, typifies a dying upper class that feels no threat in extinction. Their easy lives...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: The Moviegoer The Testament of Dr. Mabuse at 2 Divinity Avenue tonight | 12/17/1969 | See Source »

...various types in the same office, at least one of which might have supported charges of obstruction had anyone chosen to make complaint. Although "obstruction of the normal processes and activities vital to the function of the University" as described in the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities is a broad charge, it is the feeling of the Committee that the elements of continuing harassment and escalation of tactics present in this incident made it an unambiguous "obstruction" in the most serious sense of the word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee's Criteria | 12/16/1969 | See Source »

...While it's certainly true that women are not being paid the same wages as men or accorded the same business acumen, it is also true that no man likes a "smartass broad." Women were meant to be lovers, not fighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1969 | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...dare." Thus the optimistic talk is muffled. "Nobody around here is going into a dream world," an Administration expert insists. "Washington has been through this many times before." The American generals in Viet Nam, from U.S. Commander Creighton Abrams on down, sedulously forgo the kind of broad statements that Abrams' predecessor, General William Westmoreland, was wont to make-and still occasionally utters (see TIME Essay, page 26). Westmoreland seriously underestimated the adverse effect of the 1968 Tet offensive, which he called a triumph for the U.S., upon public opinion at home. And there are more substantive reasons for their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: THE NEW, UNDERGROUND OPTIMISM | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Most black students, however, felt that an acceptance of at least the broad aims of their demands was implicit in the Cox-Lee agreement. One black student said that the aim of taking over University Hall had been to "get the University to take our demands seriously. Apparently they have." Another said that this is only one step in the campaign, and that OBU is prepared to take further action if necessary...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Black Seizure of University Hall Ends After Accord On Employment | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

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