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Obviously, as things now stand this country needs potent armed forces. We also need the service academies to train our colonels and generals. But why go out of our way to indoctrinate mere children into the necessarily brutal and often unthinking, unchallenging ways of the military? The Bunker Hills of...
"The kids got taller and taller, jump balls were getting tougher. There were a lot of violations." McLaughlin says. Harvard center forward Monroe Trout, who has soared rafterward for all eight Harvard jump balls this season, adds, "people jump so quickly, trying to steal the tap--there was a lot...
No--what we need is a change in people. Some method to galvanize Americans, to melt down our passions and prejudices, remove our impurities, and re-shape us as caring men and women. First there must be something to challenge people's assurances that all is right with our country...
It's hard to pin down exactly why the Leverett gang can't meet even these relatively simple challenges. The music alone hints at the exuberance that must permeate other productions. But disappointingly, dancers and actors prance through hackneyed plot twists with situation-comedy blocking, alternately mouthing highflown platitudes and...
But ultimately, the awkward script undermines Purlie's message. Oddly placed one-liners mar serious moments; incongruous scenes paint Purlie a fool or a liar after his most moving and far-reaching sermons. The grand climax exemplifies this confusion. Purlie, finally ensconced in his church, passionately orates the beauties of...