Word: creation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrangement for Secretary of State William Rogers, whose department Nixon has largely bypassed in the making of foreign policy. For the President, Kissinger has been a combination of professor-in-residence, secret agent, ultimate advance man and philosopher-prince. In an important sense, he is Nixon's creation, using the power base of the presidency to roam the world and speak for Nixon, to set the stage for summits, to negotiate war and peace. There have been similar relationships before, but none exactly the same: Richelieu and Louis XIII, Metternich and Hapsburg Emperor Francis I, Colonel House and Woodrow Wilson...
...aesthetic atmosphere of Park Avenue by lighting that loud and vulgar Christmas tree on Park Avenue and 53rd Street...We earnestly urge you to put out those glaring lights." At first the bank gasped. Then it began explaining that 1) the tree was not "vulgar" but was a creation of the celebrated design firm of Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, creators of, among other things, the Coca-Cola bottle, and 2) the four-pointed star was not meant to be the bank's emblem, just another star of Bethlehem. Finally, said the bank, "we wish Mr. Hoving a very merry Christmas...
Nonetheless, when the nine-man board met last week, it approved the concessions. Although fundamentalists were unable to force through a resolution requiring the teaching of biblical creation, their influence was strong enough to require that all statements on Darwin be sedulously qualified. Further, the board reserved the right to review editorial changes, and named an ad hoc commission to work with publishers on mandatory textual changes. Regardless of what the Nobel laureates might think, Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Clarence Hall said that "California has adopted the best set of science materials available...
Nixon and most of his advisers would clearly like to streamline their creation, perhaps by exempting medium-sized businesses or by removing controls from retailers, landlords and others at the end of the selling line. Theoretically, such people are forced to set prices that meet the competition. The President is well aware, however, that 1973 will be packed with labor negotiations-contracts covering at least 4.7 million workers come up for review or renewal, v. only 2.8 million this year. "If the program isn't there at the retail level, it isn't there...
...spectacular were Dude-quickly nicknamed "Dud"-which lost about $900,000 and Via Galactica-originally titled Up-which went down for the same amount. With equal fatality, the new plays of the year came and, for the most part, went. Average losses: $200,000. Arthur Miller's The Creation of the World and Other Business, which closed last week after 40 performances, was the sixth play of the season to fold...