Word: com
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some years ago to write a se ries of novels that would record the hardships of several generations of black women, both in Europe and the Americas. A Woman Named Solitude seems to be an attempt to get it all in - all the legend and history, the com passion and private sentiment, including a parting volley for the victims of the Warsaw ghetto. It does not quite work. Somewhere, not too long after the first chapter, Andre Schwarz-Bart for got that a fable must be a unicorn, not a zebra...
Thus, almost everywhere the com mission looked, it found students who were frustrated and confused "by the divorce between an outmoded education and the reality of the world around them." Even where there were no riots, there were other signs of disaffection, including apathy, which the commission interpreted as a token that "antiquated education systems are being rejected...
...that they can find their souls, while she narcotizes the poor with a Salvation Army soup-kitchen dole that makes them compliant addicts of their own degradation. Somewhat overpowered in the debate, Alexander is also over matched in the role, lacking Richard son's explosive charm and easy com mand. Under Edwin Sherin's impeccable direction, a dozen character sketches in depth are expertly rendered. The British accents are flawless and the set is hermetically sealed in a world of timeless Edwardia...
...cordial lecture, pointing out that transportation centers are considered military facilities and off limits to photographers. NBC got to keep its film anyway. An ABC team shooting near the Kremlin was also accosted by a cop; he merely wanted to suggest a better camera angle. A security colonel com plained to the Christian Science Monitor that "I have to tell everyone 20 times to stand back," but while the summit lasted, the Russians seemed generally willing to indulge the whims of Western newsmen...
Such an approach requires large amounts of money and expertise, and some states have begun to supply both In 1966 Massachusetts passed the Com munity Mental Health Act, which se up regional boards to evaluate need; and plan facilities. Says Dr. Milton Greenblatt, the state's commissioner o mental health: "We're trying to phase down the institutions and close the snake pits." One large facility has been closed while the patient load at other, has been reduced. The Hathorne State School, a new center serving a region with a population of 900,000, provide in-and outpatient...