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Arthur Miller's adaptation of the play is crisp and idiomatic; more important, it rescues Ibsen from the traditional dullness of literal translations. Miller has bent over backwards to play up the timely problem of the individual's rights against the majority in a time of crisis, but in so doing he has been forced to underscore another problem: the inviolability of objective truth. The main thesis of the play is that a scientist may and must stand firm against the animalism and stupidity of mob opinion; when the masses proclaim him an enemy of the people for his adherence...
...tally could have been higher, had not Coach Lloyd Jordan sent in his reserves with five minutes to play. As it was, only a fumble prevented them from scoring, too. Everything seemed to move well. Timing was sharp, blocking crisp, and defense well above average...
...team has improved 100 percent." Munro said after the game. Playing on a dry field in perfect weather against a squad that would have beaton them hanoly last week, the Crimson kept the ball in the Ephmen's half of the field most of the time. The passing was crisp and accurate, and the heading was frequent. For the first time this season. Harvard was beating its opponent to the ball...
This week, at Flushing Meadows, the Security Council began its hearing. Britain's chief U.N. delegate, Sir Gladwyn Jebb, flew the Atlantic to state the British case in his crisp fashion. Law seemed to be on his side: last July the International Court of Justice called for maintenance of the status quo in Iran until the oil dispute could be settled by negotiation...
Author Pritchett's new novel, Mr. Beluncle, is in his best short-story grain. He has a mischievous eye for suburban pomposity, he invents delightfully loony characters, he writes with crisp wit. The opening 50 pages weave a fine picture of "mind-sharpening, heart-deadening warfare" between a middle-aged husband and wife. But then something goes wrong...